Fredric Jameson and The Wolf of Wall Street

Name: Fredric Jameson and The Wolf of Wall Street
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By Clint Burnham

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The Film Theory in Practice series fills a gaping hole in the world of film theory. By marrying the explanation of a film theory with the interpretation of a film, the volumes provide discrete examples of how film theory can serve as the basis for textual analysis. Fredric Jameson and The Wolf of Wall Street offers a concise introduction to Jameson in jargon-free language and shows how his Marxist theories can be deployed to interpret Martin Scorsese's critically acclaimed 2013 film The Wolf of Wall Street.
Beginning with a detailed account of Jameson's extensive writings on Marxist theory and how they have been deployed in the analysis of film writings, Clint Burnham then illustrates how Jameson's theory can help to make sense of The Wolf of Wall Street, a film that shows in all its glory the excesses, lunacies, and inner workings of 1990s finance capitalism. As Jameson has influentially argued, films like The Wolf of Wall Street are both complicit in and critical of their historical subject: Scorsese's film is not about the richest stockbrokers, but the Long Island penny traders who made it big. As a narrative of American success, it is also a film about failure. Clint Burnham's reading of Jameson and The Wolf of Wall Street is a book about a contemporary film, and contemporary events, and contemporary theory.

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Edition:: 1
Number of Pages:: 194
Release Date:: 2016-10-20
Publication Date:: 2016-10-20
Publisher:: Bloomsbury 3PL
Languages:: Original: English
ISBN10:: 1501308335
ISBN13:: 9781501308338
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:: [email protected]
Weight:: 382 g
Height:: 145 cm
Width:: 222 cm
Thickness:: 14 cm

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