Sofia Coppola and Generation X (So Far)

Anxious and Effervescent

Robert C. Sickels (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

260 Seiten

2024
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-1-7936-5584-4 (ISBN)

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While the work of Sofia Coppola has often been dismissed as being stereotypically feminine and placing more focus on spectacle over substance, Sofia Coppola and Generation X (So Far): Anxious and Effervescent draws attention to common characteristics present in Coppola’s films to present an authorial signature and aesthetic that are both familiar yet evocative of Generation X’s perception in the public consciousness. In analyzing Coppola’s films from The Virgin Suicides (1999) to Priscilla (2023), this book argues that her filmography acts as a reflection of her generation's evolving mindset and self-image from its prominence during the late 1980s to its current sentiment of discomfort with its fading influence.

Robert C. Sickels is professor of film & media studies at Whitman College and the Alma Meisnest Chair of Humanities.

Chapter 1: Anxious and Effervescent

Chapter 2: "You like me, don't you?" The Virgin Suicides (1999)

Chapter 3: "Does it get easier?" Lost in Translation (2003)

Chapter 4: "This is ridiculous." Marie Antoinette (2006)

Chapter 5: I'm fucking nothing." Somewhere (2010)

Chapter 6: "Girls! Time for your Adderall!" The Bling Ring (2013)

Chapter 7: "This is a nightmare. I can't do this." A Very Murray Christmas (2013)

Chapter 8: "I'm as blunt as I need to be." The Beguiled (2017)

Chapter 9: "You can't go deaf to women's voices. You know that, right?" On the Rocks (2020)

Chapter 10: "You're losing me to a life of my own." Priscilla (2023)

Chapter 11: "Listen to the girl / As she takes on half the world."

Erscheinungsdatum	06.08.2024
Reihe/Serie	Generation X: Studies in Culture, Demographics, and Media Representation
Verlagsort	Lanham, MD
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Film / TV
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies
ISBN-10	1-7936-5584-7 / 1793655847
ISBN-13	978-1-7936-5584-4 / 9781793655844
Zustand	Neuware