Blue-Collar Hollywood: Liberalism, Democracy, and Working People in American Film

by John Bodnar

Book Overview

Selected by Choice Magazine as an Outstanding Academic Title for 2003

From Tom Joad to Norma Rae to Spike Lee's Mookie in Do the Right Thing, Hollywood has regularly dramatized the lives and struggles of working people in America. Ranging from idealistic to hopeless, from sympathetic to condescending, these portrayals confronted audiences with the vital economic, social, and political issues of their times while providing a...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801871492
• ISBN13: 9780801871498
• Release Date: May 2003
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 22 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher