Subverting Mainstream Narratives in the Reagan Era Giving Power to the People /

• Main Author: Donnelly, Ashley M. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: United States-Study and teaching.; Motion pictures-United States.; America-Literatures.; Popular Culture.; Communication.; American Culture.; American Cinema and TV.; North American Literature.; Popular Culture .; Media and Communication.

Subverting Mainstream Narratives in the Reagan Era explores how artists, novelists, and directors were able to present narratives of strong dissent in popular culture during the Reagan Era. Using but subverting the tools of mainstream novels and films, these visionaries' works were featured alo...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Violence, Power, and Control
• 2. Reagan's America
• 3. Blank Fiction
• 4. Less Than Zero
• 5. Blank Film
• 6. Full Metal Jacket
• 7. The Serial Killer
• 8. Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer
• 9. American Psycho
• 10. Following the Threads of Blank Works in the 1990s
• 11. Conclusion.