Scenes from the American working class : this hard land / edited by Steven Michels.

Other author Michels, Steven, editor.
Format Electronic
PublicationLanham : Lexington Books, [2025]
Description1 online resource (viii, 259 pages).
Supplemental ContentEBSCOhost
Subjects

SeriesPolitics, literature, & film
Politics, literature, & film. ^A1305618
Contents How America works / Steven Michels -- All the past we leave behind : Willa Cather's O Pioneers! and the agrarian vision / Jon D. Schaff -- Trouble in the 10018 zone : incommunicability and working-class frustration in King Vidor's Street Scene / Victor Bruno -- Sinclair Lewis' Ann Vickers: seeking a work-life balance / Sally E. Parry -- Native Son and the myth of mobility / Steven Michels -- Ortega y Gasset's mass man, strife, and work in the thought of Elmer Kelton and Eric Hoffer / Pedro Blas Gonzalez -- The working class in Schrader's Blue Collar / Mark Wheeler -- Financialism versus the working class in Wall Street and Other People's Money / Glenn A. Moots -- "pushing into the hum of the machines" : textiles and women's labor in black and white / Aimee Pozorski -- When it ain't your turn: striving for meaningful work in The Wire / Shaun Richman -- Happiness is a moment before you need more happiness : happiness, Mad Men, and Locke / Kevin M. Kearns -- Severed selves and the search for meaning / Christine Susienka -- Is a dream a lie? Hope, cruel optimism, and Bruce Springsteen's working class / Simon Stow.
Abstract "The twelve chapters of Scenes from the American Working Class: This Hard Land uses the lens of political theory to explore the working life of Americans as it has been depicted in popular culture. It covers a wide range of experiences and voices from the past hundred-plus years"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Source of descriptionDescription based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on April 09, 2025).
Issued in other formPrint version: Scenes from the American working class Lanham : Lexington Books, 2025 9781666938906
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Genre/formCritiques d'émissions télévisées.
LCCN 2024046734
ISBN9781666938913 electronic book
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