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The invisible hand in popular culture : liberty vs. authority in American film and TV / Paul A. Cantor.
| Author/creator | Cantor, Paul A. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Lexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucky, ©2012. |
| Description | xxvi, 461 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Introduction: popular culture and spontaneous order, or, how I learned to stop worrying and love the tube -- Freedom and order in the Western. The Western and Western drama: John Ford's The searchers and The oresteia -- The original frontier: Gene Roddenberry's apprenticeship for Star trek in Have gun, will travel -- Order out of the mud: Deadwood and the state of nature -- Maverick creators and Maverick heroes. Mars attacks! Tim Burton and the ideology of The flying saucer movie -- Flying solo: The aviator and entrepreneurial vision -- Cartman shrugged: the invisible gnomes and the invisible hand in South park -- Edgar G. Ulmer: the aesthete from the Alps meets the king of the B's -- The fall of the House of Ulmer: Europe versus America in the gothic vision of The black cat -- America as wasteland in detour: film noir and The Frankfurt school -- 9/11, globalization, and new challenges to freedom. The truth is still out there: The X-files and 9/11 -- Un-American gothic: the alien invasion narrative and global modernity. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 2012029585 |
| ISBN | 9780813140827 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 081314082X (hardcover : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9780813140834 (epub) |
| ISBN | 0813140838 (epub) |
| ISBN | 9780813140841 (pdf) |
| ISBN | 0813140846 (pdf) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | PN1995.9 .P6 C285 2012 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |