Class Alliances and the Birth of a Nation in A Wedding

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https://doi.org/10.48075/rt.v15i2.27763
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Keywords:

Robert Altman, A Wedding, conservative rise, 1970’s.

Abstract

This essay presents an analysis of the film A Wedding by director Robert Altman in which it is argued that the dialogue established between film history and literature produces an acute evaluation of the moment the film was produced. More specifically, it is argued that the film presents a critical appraisal of the rise of the conservative trends that marked the history of the United States from the mid-1970’s.

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Author Biography

Marcos César de Paula Soares, Universidade de São Paulo

Professor de Literaturas de Língua Inglesa no Departamento de Letras Modernas da USP

References

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EISENSTEIN, Sergei. A forma do filme. Rio de Janeiro: Jorge Zahar Editor, 1990.

GUNNING, Tom. An Aesthetic of Astonishment: Early Film and the (In)Credulous Spectator. In: WILLIAMS, Linda. (ed.). Viewing Positions: Ways of Seeing Film. New Jersey: Rutgers University Press, 1995.

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NICKERSON, Michelle (ed.). Sunbelt Rising. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2011.

Imagem da capa: "The Artist's Studio, Rue de la Condamine", de Frédéric Bazille

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Published

31-08-2021

How to Cite

SOARES, M. C. de P. Class Alliances and the Birth of a Nation in A Wedding. Travessias, Cascavel, v. 15, n. 2, p. e27763, 2021. DOI: 10.48075/rt.v15i2.27763. Disponível em: https://e-revista.unioeste.br/index.php/travessias/article/view/27763. Acesso em: 9 may. 2025.

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Vol. 15 No. 2 (2021)

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[DT] LITERATURA, CINEMA E INTERMIDIALIDADE: TEXTOS, CONTEXTOS E IMAGENS

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