The Prettiest Woman - Paperback
by Grant Farred
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Availability:In StockContributor:Grant FarredSeries:Forerunners: Ideas FirstPublish date:11/18/2025Pages:82
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Minnesota PressISBN-13:9781517918323ISBN-10:1517918324UPC:9781517918323Book Category:Social Science, Performing ArtsBook Subcategory:Popular Culture, Film, Social Classes & Economic DisparityBook Topic:History & CriticismSize:6.94 x 4.97 x 0.40 inchesWeight:0.2998Product ID:SCW9PBQQYB
The Prettiest Woman
Uncovering Hollywood's perpetual longing for a lost industrial America
"We don't make things in America anymore" like clockwork, this refrain resurfaces in political discourse, a reflection of yearning for a bygone era of industrial productivity. In his latest work, Grant Farred uses the 1990 film Pretty Woman to expose and critique this lingering nostalgia for late-industrial capitalism....
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Minnesota PressISBN-13:9781517918323ISBN-10:1517918324UPC:9781517918323Book Category:Social Science, Performing ArtsBook Subcategory:Popular Culture, Film, Social Classes & Economic DisparityBook Topic:History & CriticismSize:6.94 x 4.97 x 0.40 inchesWeight:0.2998Product ID:SCW9PBQQYB
Grant Farred is author of several books, including What's My Name: Black Vernacular Intellectuals; Martin Heidegger Saved My Life; and An Essay for Ezra: Racial Terror in America (all from Minnesota).
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
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