Graham S. Clarke (UK University of Essex), Ross Clarke

Gebundenes Buch

The American Dream and American Cinema in the Age of Trump

From Object Relations to Social Relations

Beschreibung

The book uses film theory and insights from object relations theory to examine how recent films address and reflect the state of the à â Ë American Dreamà â â . It 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 21st century, at a time of internal crisis.

Autor

Graham S. Clarke is a Visiting Fellow at the Department of Psychosocial and Psychoanalytic Studies, University of Essex, UK. He has published books and papers on Ronald Fairbairn's object relations-based psychology of dynamic structure and its application to the arts. Ross Clarke is a screenwriter and director. He is a Lecturer in Film at Met Film School, UK. His films include Skid Row, a documentary about the acute homeless problem in downtown Los Angeles, the dramatic features The Birdcatcher and Desiree (aka The Chemist) and a football documentary about Brighton and Hove Albion FC. He is currently developing a film about Jorge Luis Borges based on the book by Jay Parini.

Produktdetails

• The Psychoanalysis and Popular Culture Series
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 254
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Juli 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 490g
• ISBN-13: 9781032072685
• ISBN-10: 1032072687
• Artikelnr.: 63656564