Class on Screen
The Global Working Class in Contemporary Cinema
Buch in deiner Nähe kaufen
Beschreibung
This book provides an analysis of the global working class on film and considers the ways in which working-class experience is represented in film around the world. The book argues that representation is important because it shapes the way people understand working-class experience and can either reinforce or challenge stereotypical depictions. Film can shape and shift discussions of class, and this book provides an interdisciplinary study of the ways in which working-class experience is portrayed through this medium. It analyses the impact of contemporary films such as Sorry To Bother You, This is England and Le Harve that focus on working class life. Attfield demonstrates that the global working class are characterised by diversity of race, ethnicity, gender, religion and sexuality but that there are commonalities of experience despite geographical distance and cultural difference. The book is structured around themes such as work, culture, diasporas, gender and sexuality, and race.
Explores the representation of the global working class on screen Considers the ways in which global working-class culture is represented on screen Demonstrates how film reveals the commonalities between working-class people across the world
Autor*in
Sarah Attfield
Themen in »Class on Screen«
Class Social Commentary Contemporary Film Global Working Class Diaspora Gender Race