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Images of Postmodern Society: Social Theory and Contemporary Cinema.Norman K. Denzin
In: The American journal of sociology, Band 98, Heft 5, S. 1208-1209
ISSN: 1537-5390
The American Dream of Family in Film: From Decline to a Comeback
In: Journal of comparative family studies, Band 22, Heft 2, S. 187-204
ISSN: 1929-9850
The family and family-related values have always been a component of dominant culture and the American Way of Life. This article deals with the portrayal of the family in the New American Cinema, from the late 1960s to the present. It shows that film (and media) images are not necessarily up-todate: a culture lag may prevail between society's material conditions (marital statuses, divorce rates, size of families, patriarchal or matriarchal structures) and its cultural representations (symbols, values and myths about the family). More specifically, it discerns six film cycles, each of which presented different images of the American family. They are in chronological order: the decline of the nuclear family; an attempt to substitute the nuclear family with alternative family structures (communes and professional groups); a cycle of films devoted to white suburban families; a cycle depicting troubled and tormented families; a cycle of youth-oriented films; and the most current trend, a return to traditional family values and structures. Over the last twenty years, the American family has seen many fluctuations in its cinematic treatment, going from severe decline in the late 1960s to a major comeback in the late 1980s. The study analyzes variations and consistencies in the narrative ideological and cinematic conventions of family films, and their interplay with the social and political contexts in which they are made and viewed.
Social Structure and Generations in Art: A Case Study of the Hebrew Theater
In: The sociological quarterly: TSQ, Band 31, Heft 2, S. 203-224
ISSN: 1533-8525
Sociology
In: The annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, Band 503, Heft 1, S. 179-180
ISSN: 1552-3349
Bureaucratizing the Muse: Public Funds and the Cultural Worker
In: The annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, Band 503, S. 179-180
ISSN: 0002-7162
The democratic elite: America's movie stars
In: Qualitative sociology, Band 12, Heft 1, S. 29-54
ISSN: 1573-7837
Bread and Circuses: Theories of Mass Culture and Social Decay
In: Quarterly journal of ideology: QJI ; a critique of the conventional wisdom, Band 11, Heft 2, S. 104-105
ISSN: 0738-9752
Book Review: Culture and its Creators: Essays in Honor of Edward Shils
In: Humanity & Society, Band 4, Heft 2, S. 180-182
ISSN: 2372-9708
National and Imported Culture in Israel
In: Sociological focus: quarterly journal of the North Central Sociological Association, Band 13, Heft 1, S. 37-53
ISSN: 2162-1128
Book Review: Culture and Its Creators: Essays in Honor of Edward Shils
In: Humanity & Society, Band 3, Heft 4, S. 320-322
ISSN: 2372-9708