Class-Passing: Social Mobility In Film And Popular Culture
Автор:
Gwendolyn Audrey Foster, 137 стр., ISBN:
0809326566
Book DescriptionOprah Winfrey, Donald Trump, Roseanne Barr, and Britney Spears typify class-passers?those who claim different socioeconomic classes as their own?asserts Gwendolyn Audrey Foster in Class-Passing: Social Mobility in Film and Popular Culture. According to new rules of social standing in American popular culture, class is no longer defined by wealth, birth, or education. Instead, today?s notion of class reflects a socially constructed and regulated series of performed acts and gestures rooted in the cult of celebrity. In examining the quest for class mobility, Foster deftly traces class-passing through the landscape of popular films, reality television shows, advertisements, the Internet, and video games. She deconstructs the politics of celebrity, fashion, and conspicuous consumerism and analyzes class-passing as it relates to the American Dream, gender, and marriage. Class-Passing draws on dozens of examples from popular culture, from old movie...
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