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In this book, Justin Russell Greene examines how Quentin Tarantino
uses his auteur identity to further cement the masculine tropes of
Hollywood – and ultimately, society – through language, visual
aesthetics, and performative representations of masculinity in his
films and media appearances. Greene posits that the careful
crafting of his auteur persona allows Tarantino to project a
consistent version of what it means to be a writer-director-artist,
and that through his interview and speeches, he reveals the deeper
intensions behind the representations his characters present in his
films. However, although he is valorized by audiences, media
personalities, and peers as an artistic genius, Tarantino traffics
in many of the systemic issues embedded within the United States’
socio-cultural environment. Greene argues that although Tarantino
promotes a political vision in his films and public appearances
that illuminates the restrictions of hegemonic masculinity, this is
not sufficiently effective at truly disrupting entrenched
ideologies about masculinity in U.S. culture due to how Tarantino
hides his critical takes within genre stereotypes. Scholars of film
studies, gender studies, and popular culture will find this book of
particular interest.
In September 1985, emissaries of the world's five leading
industrial nations-the United States, Britain, France, Germany, and
Japan-secretly gathered at the Plaza Hotel in New York City and
unveiled an unprecedented effort to correct the largest set of
current account and exchange rate imbalances that had ever
threatened the world economy. The Plaza Accord is credited with
sharply realigning exchange rates, significantly reducing current
account imbalances, and countering protectionist pressures in the
United States. But did the Accord provide a foundation for ongoing
international financial stability and policy coordination? Or was
it simply a unique one-time coincidence of national interests?The
Plaza experience continues to inform today's debates about the
limits and possibilities of international monetary cooperation. In
late 2015, leading policymakers and economists-including those who
were involved in the Accord's design, negotiation, and
implementation-held a Plaza Retrospective conference at the Baker
Institute for Public Policy to evaluate the Accord's legacy and how
its collaborative spirit can be applied today. This volume presents
their views and analyses to provide guidance for a time when the
world again faces the prospect of currency disequilibria, growing
imbalances, trade policy reactions, and thus uncertainty for both
the global economy and world politics.Data disclosure: The data
underlying the analysis in this volume are available. The data used
in chapter 14 are taken directly from William Cline's Policy Briefs
15-8 and 15-20, with the exception that they have been manipulated
with a key assumption stated in the chapter.
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