Grant Farred: The Prettiest Woman, Kartoniert / Broschiert
The Prettiest Woman
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- Publisher:
- University of Minnesota Press, 11/2025
- Binding:
- Kartoniert / Broschiert
- Language:
- Englisch
- ISBN-13:
- 9781517918323
- Item number:
- 12492941
- Volume:
- 82 Pages
- Weight:
- 113 g
- Format:
- 178 x 126 mm
- Thickness:
- 11 mm
- Release date:
- 18.11.2025
- Note
-
Caution: Product is not in German language
Blurb
Uncovering Hollywood's perpetual longing for a lost industrial America
"We don't make things in America anymore": like clockwork, this refrain resurfaces in political discourse, a reflection of yearning for a bygone era of industrial productivity. In his latest work, Grant Farred uses the 1990 film Pretty Woman to expose and critique this lingering nostalgia for late-industrial capitalism.
Situating Pretty Woman alongside Reagan-era films including Wall Street, Farred examines the congealment of such a pervasive romanticized view of the United States as a fading industrial powerhouse. Drawing on an eclectic range of thinkers-from Raymond Williams and Slavoj Žižek to Mick Jagger-The Prettiest Woman offers a unique analysis of the ways Hollywood perpetuates the myth of a lost "productive America," highlighting the seductive power of this fantasy despite its disconnect from economic and political realities.
