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9781847884862

Hollywood Blockbusters The Anthropology of Popular Movies

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    9781847884862

  • ISBN10:

    1847884865

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2009-12-15
  • Publisher: Berg Pub Ltd
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Summary

Why do Jaws, Field of Dreams, The Big Lebowski, and The Godfather remain strikingly popular in this age of fragmented audiences and ever-faster spin cycles? Hollywood Blockbusters: The Anthropology of Popular Movies argues that these films continue to captivate audiences because they play upon underlying tensions and problems in American culture, much like the myths that anthropologists study in non-Western contexts. In making this argument, the authors employ and extend anthropological theories about ritual, kinship, gift giving, power, egalitarianism, literacy, metalinguistics, stereotypes, and the mysteries of the Other. The results-original insights into modern film classics, American culture, and anthropological theory-will appeal to students of Film, Media, Anthropology, Sociology, and Cultural Studies.

Author Biography

Peter Wogan is Associate Professor of Anthropology at Willamette University.

Table of Contents

Introduction
The Godfather: The Gun, the Pen, and the Cannoli
Field Of Dreams: Blurring the Lines
Jaws: The Eyes of the Other
The Big Lebowski: Timely Masculinities
The Village: The Political Anthropology of the Possible
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index
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