The American dream and American cinema in the age of Trump : from object relations to social relations / Graham S. Clarke and Ross Clarke
- Author
- Clarke, Graham S.
- Published
- Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2022.
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource
- Additional Creators
- Clarke, Ross
Access Online
- Taylor & Francis: ezaccess.libraries.psu.edu
- Series
- Contents
- Introduction: the American dream and a binocular approach to analysing film -- External worlds -- Internal worlds -- The Revenant (Iñárritu, 2015) -- Roma (Cuaron, 2018) -- First reformed ((The Old Guard) Schrader, 2017) -- Sicario (Villeneuve, 2015) -- Joker (Phillips, 2019) -- You were never really here (Ramsay, 2017) -- Windows (McQueen, 2018) -- Us (Peele, 2019) -- Once upon a time in Hollywood (Tarantino, 2019) -- Conclusion: reflections on the USA presidential elections and the end of Trump.
- Summary
- "The American Dream and American Cinema in the Age of Trump uses both film theory and insights from object relations theory in order to examine how recent films address and reflect the state of the 'American Dream'. This fascinating book looks at how the American Dream is one of the organizing ideas of American cinema, and one of the most influential cultural outputs of the twenty-first century, at a time of internal crisis. In an era characterized by populism, climate change, and economic uncertainty, the book considers nine auteur films in how they illustrate the challenges of contemporary America. Graham S. Clarke and Ross Clarke present a bifocal perspective on some of the most well-received American films of recent years and how they relate to the American Dream in the context of the Trump presidency. For each of the nine films discussed, two different accounts are presented side by side so that each film is considered from an (internal world) object relations psychoanalytic point of view as well as an (external world) film and cultural theory perspective. This unique approach is complemented by discussion of political and critical theory, providing a thorough and engaging analysis. Challenging and insightful, The American Dream and American Cinema in the Age of Trump will be of great interest to scholars of cinema, popular culture, American studies and psychoanalytic studies"--
- Subject(s)
- Trump, Donald, 1946-—Influence
- American Dream in motion pictures
- Psychoanalysis and motion pictures—United States
- Motion pictures—United States—Psychological aspects—History—21st century
- Motion pictures—Social aspects—United States—History—21st century
- Motion pictures—Political aspects—United States—History—21st century
- PSYCHOLOGY / Movements / Psychoanalysis
- PSYCHOLOGY / Mental Health
- ISBN
- 9781003206224 (ebook)
1003206220
9781000615524 (electronic bk. : PDF)
1000615529 (electronic bk. : PDF)
9781000615531 (electronic bk. : EPUB)
1000615537 (electronic bk. : EPUB)
9781032072685 (hardback)
9781032072661 (paperback)
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