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Hollywood Blockbusters - The Anthropology of Popular Movies (Paperback)
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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.
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