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082 0 4 _a791.43/655
084 _aonline - DeGruyter
100 1 _aBoozer, Jack
_eautore
245 1 0 _aCareer Movies :
_bAmerican Business and the Success Mystique /
_cJack Boozer.
264 1 _aAustin :
_bUniversity of Texas Press,
_c[2021]
264 4 _c©2002
300 _a1 online resource (300 p.)
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
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_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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505 0 0 _tFrontmatter --
_tCONTENTS --
_tACKNOWLEDGMENTS --
_tINTRODUCTION --
_tCHAPTER 1 THE CLASSICAL CORPORATE EXECUTIVE FILM --
_tCHAPTER 2 THE EMERGENCE OF THE CAREER WOMAN --
_tCHAPTER 3 THE ENTREPRENEURIAL IMPULSE --
_tCHAPTER 4 HUCKSTER FOREPLAY THE PROMOTION INDUSTRY --
_tCHAPTER 5 WORKING IN AMERICAN TELEVIRTUALITY --
_tCONCLUSION --
_tLIST OF FILM STILLS --
_tNOTES --
_tBIBLIOGRAPHY --
_tINDEX
506 0 _arestricted access
_uhttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
_fonline access with authorization
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520 _aAchieving the American Dream became inextricably linked with career/business success after World War II, as an increasingly consumerist America learned to define the dream through possessions and status. Not surprisingly, Hollywood films in the postwar years reflected the country's preoccupation with work and career success, offering both dramatic and comedic visions of the career quest and its effects on personal fulfillment, family relations, women's roles, and the creation (or destruction) of just and caring communities. In this book, Jack Boozer argues that the career/business film achieved such variety and prominence in the years between 1945 and 2001 that it should be considered a legitimate film genre. Analyzing numerous well-known films from the entire period, he defines the genre as one in which a protagonist strives for career success that often proves to be either elusive despite hard work, or unfulfilling despite material rewards and status. Boozer also explores several distinct subgenres of the career movie—the corporate executive films of the 1950s; the career struggles of (single, married, and/or parenting) women; the entrepreneurial film as it is also embodied in texts about immigrants and racial and ethnic minorities and business-oriented femmes fatales; the explosion of promotionalism and the corporatization of employment; and, finally, the blurring of work and private life in the brave new world of the televirtuality film.
538 _aMode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
546 _aIn English.
588 0 _aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 26. Apr 2022)
650 0 _aBusiness in motion pictures.
650 0 _aMotion pictures
_zUnited States.
650 7 _aPERFORMING ARTS / General.
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850 _aIT-RoAPU
856 4 0 _uhttps://doi.org/10.7560/709119
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780292796522
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