Author : David Sutton
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000182207
Total Pages : 159 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (1 download)
Book Synopsis Hollywood Blockbusters by : David Sutton
Download or read book Hollywood Blockbusters written by David Sutton and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-05-15 with total page 159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.