Images of Postmodern Society: Social Theory and Contemporary Cinema

by Norman K. Denzin

Book Overview

By using a series of studies of contemporary mainstream Hollywood movies - Blue Velvet, Wall Street, Crimes and Misdemeanors, When Harry Met Sally, sex lies and videotape, Do the Right Thing - Norman K Denzin explores the tension between ideas of the postmodern, and traditional ways of analyzing society. The discussion moves between two forms of text: social theory and cinematic representations of contemporary life.

Denzin analyzes...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803985169
• ISBN13: 9780803985162
• Release Date: September 1991
• Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"