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245 10 a| Unhomedh| [electronic resource] :b| cycles of mobility and placelessness in American cinema /c| Pamela Robertson Wojcik.;

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504 a| Includes bibliographical references and index.;

505 0 a| Introduction : all over the map : figurations of mobility and placelessness -- Ubiquitous : the tramp's mobile masculinity -- Uncivilized : World War II mobilization and homecoming as social problem -- Adrift : the ambivalent freedom of the female hitchhiker -- Trash : the homeless as urban waste -- Epilogue : stuck : perpetual motion and/as slow death.;

506 a| Available only to authorized users.;

520 a| "In this rich cultural history, Pamela Robertson Wojcik examines America's ambivalent and shifting attitude toward homelessness through a close study of film cycles from five distinct historical moments that show characters as unhomed and placeless, mobile rather than fixed: failing, resisting, or opting out of the mandate for a home of one's own. From the tramp films of the Silent Era to the Oscar-winning Nomadland in 2021, Wojcik shows how film cycles reveal a tension in the American imaginary between viewing homelessness as, on the one hand, deviant or threatening, and, on the other, emblematic of freedom and independence. Blending social history with insights drawn from a complex array of films, both canonical and fringe, Wojcik effectively 'unhomes' dominant narratives that cast aspirations for success and social mobility as the focus of American cinema, reminding us that genres of precarity have been central to the American cinema (and American story) all along"--c| Provided by publisher.;

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Unhomed cycles of mobility and placelessness in American cinema / Pamela Robertson Wojcik.

Author/creator	Wojcik, Pamela Robertson, 1964-
Format	Electronic
Publication Info	Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2024]
Description	pages cm
Supplemental Content	Full text available from eBooks on EBSCOhost
Subjects	Homeless persons in motion pictures. Tramps in motion pictures. Motion pictures--United States. --History. Place (Philosophy) in motion pictures.

Contents	Introduction : all over the map : figurations of mobility and placelessness -- Ubiquitous : the tramp's mobile masculinity -- Uncivilized : World War II mobilization and homecoming as social problem -- Adrift : the ambivalent freedom of the female hitchhiker -- Trash : the homeless as urban waste -- Epilogue : stuck : perpetual motion and/as slow death.
Abstract	"In this rich cultural history, Pamela Robertson Wojcik examines America's ambivalent and shifting attitude toward homelessness through a close study of film cycles from five distinct historical moments that show characters as unhomed and placeless, mobile rather than fixed: failing, resisting, or opting out of the mandate for a home of one's own. From the tramp films of the Silent Era to the Oscar-winning Nomadland in 2021, Wojcik shows how film cycles reveal a tension in the American imaginary between viewing homelessness as, on the one hand, deviant or threatening, and, on the other, emblematic of freedom and independence. Blending social history with insights drawn from a complex array of films, both canonical and fringe, Wojcik effectively 'unhomes' dominant narratives that cast aspirations for success and social mobility as the focus of American cinema, reminding us that genres of precarity have been central to the American cinema (and American story) all along"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	2023040999
ISBN	9780520390355 (cloth)
ISBN	9780520390362 (paperback)
ISBN	(ebook)

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