Class on screen : the global work class in contemporary cinema / Sarah Attfield.

Class on screen : the global work class in contemporary cinema / Sarah Attfield.

9783030459017 (electronic book)
3030459012 (electronic book)
9783030459000
3030459004

Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2020]

English

1 online resource (216 pages)

10.1007/978-3-030-45 doi

PN1995.9.L28 A88 2020

791.43652624

This book provides an analysis of the global working class on film and considers the ways in which working-class experience is represented in film around the world. The book argues that representation is important because it shapes the way people understand working-class experience and can either reinforce or challenge stereotypical depictions. Film can shape and shift discussions of class, and this book provides an interdisciplinary study of the ways in which working-class experience is portrayed through this medium. It analyses the impact of contemporary films such as Sorry To Bother You, This is England and Le Harve that focus on working class life. Attfield demonstrates that the global working class are characterised by diversity of race, ethnicity, gender, religion and sexuality but that there are commonalities of experience despite geographical distance and cultural difference. The book is structured around themes such as work, culture, diasporas, gender and sexuality, and race.

Includes bibliographical references, index and filmography.

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