Images of Postmodern Society: Social Theory and Contemporary Cinema

by Norman K. Denzin

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By using a series of studies of contemporary mainstream Hollywood movies - Blue Velvet, Wall Street, Crimes and Misdemeanors, When Harry Met Sally, sex lies and videotape, Do the Right Thing - Norman K Denzin explores the tension between ideas of the postmodern, and traditional ways of analyzing society. The discussion moves between two forms of text: social theory and cinematic representations of contemporary life.

Denzin analyzes...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0803985169

ISBN13:9780803985162

Release Date:September 1991

Publisher:Sage Publications Ltd

Length:192 Pages

Weight:0.70 lbs.

Dimensions:0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"

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Arts, Music & Photography Humor & Entertainment Movements & Periods Movies Performing Arts Politics & Social Sciences Postmodernism Social Science Social Sciences Textbooks

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