Class on Screen: The Global Working Class in Contemporary Cinema

Class on Screen: The Global Working Class in Contemporary Cinema
ISBN-10
3030459012
ISBN-13
9783030459017
Category
Social Science
Pages
213
Language
English
Published
2020-09-07
Publisher
Springer Nature
Author
Sarah Attfield

Description

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.

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