The American Father Onscreen: A Post-Jungian Perspective

ISBN-13: 9780367189884 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 180 str.

Toby Reynolds

Opis

 Analysing the role that Hollywood plays in depicting fathers and their relationships with their children and American society, the American Father Onscreen concludes that Hollywood presents the American paternal as crucial to the construction of US society and consequently, American cultural myths, such as the American Dream.

Spis treści

Introduction: The American Father on Film: Shadows and Symbols  01. The American Father and his Contexts  02. Archetypes, Symbols, Cultural Myths and Cultural Shadows  03. The Father: Shadows of the American Dream  04. The Child and the American Dream  Conclusion: The Future of the American Father