Memoir meets cultural criticism in this examination of American popular culture at the end of the century.
Mixing memoir and cultural criticism, Memory's Orbit examines the intersections between a wide range of films and current events, finding its theme and orbiting narrative structure in the personal stories we live within and their relationship to the social and cultural order. Joseph Natoli covers such films as The Matrix, American Beauty, Fight Club, Eyes Wide Shut, and American History X, as well as such headline events as the death of John F.
Kennedy Jr., the dot-com boom, the WTO protests in Seattle, and Bush versus Gore, consistently identifying those aspects of the social order that have shaped his narrating frame. Eschewing theoretical exposition and jargon, Natoli performs postmodern critique, and this book continues his innovative work in the genre of cultural studies.
| ISBN: | 9780791457191 |
| Publication date: | 27th March 2003 |
| Author: | Joseph P Natoli |
| Publisher: | SUNY Press an imprint of State University of New York Press |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 234 pages |
| Series: | The SUNY Series in Postmodern Culture |
| Genres: |
Popular culture Film history, theory or criticism |
Memoir meets cultural criticism in this examination of American popular culture at the end of the century.Mixing memoir and cultural criticism, Memory's Orbit examines the intersections between a wide range of films and current events, finding its theme and orbiting narrative structure in the personal stories we live within and their relationship to the social and cultural order. Joseph Natoli covers such films as The Matrix, American Beauty, Fight Club, Eyes Wide Shut, and American History X, as well as such headline events as the death of John F.
Memory's Orbit features in the following genres: Popular culture, Film history, theory or criticism
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Memory's Orbit was written by Joseph P Natoli and published by SUNY Press an imprint of State University of New York Press
Memory's Orbit has 234 pages
Yes it is part of The SUNY Series in Postmodern Culture series