American dreamtime : a cultural analysis of popular movies and their implications for a science of humanity

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    • Drummond, Lee

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American dreamtime : a cultural analysis of popular movies and their implications for a science of humanity

Lee Drummond

Littlefield Adams Books, 1996

  • : hc
  • : pbk

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Includes bibliographical references and indexes

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巻冊次

: hc ISBN 9780822630463

内容説明

Americans consider themselves practical, realistic people engaged in building a complex technological civilization. At the same time, however, we spend countless billions on activities that fly in the face of our supposed commitment to down-to-earth realism: our movies, television programs, and sports events seem to be the pastimes of a whimsical, fantasy-ridden people. American Dreamtime explores these conflicting images through an analysis of blockbuster movies, revealing the intimate ties our daily activity and thought have with a world of myth.

目次

Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 The Primacy of Myth Chapter 3 A Theory of Culture as Semiospace Chapter 4 The Story of Bond Chapter 5 Metaphors Be with You: A Cultural Analysis of Star Wars Chapter 6 It and Other Beasts: Jaws and the New Totemism Chapter 7 Phone Home: E.T. as a Saga of the American Family Chapter 8 Conclusions. Index
巻冊次

: pbk ISBN 9780822630470

内容説明

Despite America's practical and technological aims, the money spent on film and sports events tends to convey an image of a whimsical nation. This work explores these conflicting images through an analysis of movies, revealing the ties that daily activity and thought have with a world of myth.

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