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Fredric Jameson and the Wolf of Wall Street

Title: Fredric Jameson and the Wolf of Wall Street / Clint Burnham.
Author: Burnham, Clint, 1962-
Publication: New York : Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing, Inc., 2016.

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Description

184 pages; 20 cm

Summary

"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."--
"An exploration of Fredric Jameson's film theory and how it explicates Martin Scorsese's film The Wolf of Wall Street"--

Series Statement

Film theory in practice

Uniform Title

Film theory in practice.

Subject

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (page 170-171) and index.

Contents

Introduction -- 1. The film theory of Fredric Jameson -- 2. How to watch The Wolf of Wall Street -- Conclusion.

Call Number

MFLP (Wolf of Wall Street) 16-5642

ISBN

9781501308338
1501308335
9781501308345
1501308343

LCCN

2016009705

OCLC

946987370

Author

Burnham, Clint, 1962- author.

Title

Fredric Jameson and the Wolf of Wall Street / Clint Burnham.

Publisher

New York : Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing, Inc., 2016.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Film theory in practice

Film theory in practice.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (page 170-171) and index.

Other Form:

Online version: Burnham, Clint, 1962- author. Frederick James and the Wolf of Wall Street. New York : Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing, Inc., 2016 9781501308369 (DLC) 2016018562

Research Call Number

MFLP (Wolf of Wall Street) 16-5642

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