Comedy and Other Hollywood Tropes of American Social Stratification (1990–2011)

IF 0.4 Q3 ANTHROPOLOGY Visual Anthropology Pub Date : 2021-10-20 DOI:10.1080/08949468.2021.1984806
D. Lipset
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In modern social theory, mass media have been seen as providing ideological support for the reproduction of class inequalities, and structures of exploitation and domination, in industrialized economies. Similarly, cultural anthropologists saw American stratification as contributing no less direct support of the status quo. However, selected Hollywood movies depict an actor-based and inclusive vision of American stratification. In close viewings of Pretty Woman (1990), Good Will Hunting (1997) and The Descendants (2011), I adapt Northrop Frye’s “modes of fiction” framework (1957), which I couple with modern mass media theory and trace back to American exceptionalism, to argue that this vision promotes a comic vindication of class inequality in American society.
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喜剧和好莱坞对美国社会分层的其他隐喻(1990-2011)
在现代社会理论中,大众媒体被视为为为工业化经济中阶级不平等以及剥削和统治结构的再现提供意识形态支持。同样,文化人类学家认为,美国的分层对现状的直接支持同样重要。然而,选定的好莱坞电影描绘了一种以演员为基础、包容性强的美国分层观。在仔细观察《漂亮女人》(1990年)、《善意狩猎》(1997年)和《后裔》(2011年)时,我改编了诺斯罗普·弗莱的“小说模式”框架(1957年),将其与现代大众媒体理论结合起来,追溯到美国例外论,认为这一愿景促进了对美国社会阶级不平等的喜剧性辩护。
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Visual Anthropology
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期刊介绍: Visual Anthropology is a scholarly journal presenting original articles, commentary, discussions, film reviews, and book reviews on anthropological and ethnographic topics. The journal focuses on the study of human behavior through visual means. Experts in the field also examine visual symbolic forms from a cultural-historical framework and provide a cross-cultural study of art and artifacts. Visual Anthropology also promotes the study, use, and production of anthropological and ethnographic films, videos, and photographs for research and teaching.
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