{"product_id":"9781501308345","title":"Fredric Jameson and The Wolf of Wall Street","description":"\u003ch3\u003eFilm Theory in Practice\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eFredric Jameson and The Wolf of Wall Street\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eClint Burnham | Todd McGowan\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003ePerforming Arts \/ Film \/ General\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Film Theory in Practice series fills a gaping hole in the world of  film theory. By marrying the explanation of a film theory with the interpretation of a film, the volumes provide discrete examples of how  film theory can serve as the basis for textual analysis. \u003ci\u003eFredric Jameson and The Wolf of Wall Street\u003c\/i\u003e offers a concise introduction to Jameson in jargon-free language and shows how his Marxist theories can be deployed to interpret Martin Scorsese's critically acclaimed 2013 film \u003ci\u003eThe Wolf of Wall Street. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBeginning with a detailed account of Jameson's extensive writings on Marxist theory and how they have been deployed in the analysis of film writings, Clint Burnham then illustrates how Jameson's theory can help to make sense of\u003ci\u003e The Wolf of Wall Street, \u003c\/i\u003ea film that shows in all its glory the excesses, lunacies, and inner workings of 1990s finance capitalism. As Jameson has influentially argued, films like \u003ci\u003eThe Wolf of Wall Street \u003c\/i\u003eare both complicit in and critical of their historical subject: Scorsese's film is not about the richest stockbrokers, but the Long Island penny traders who made it big. As a narrative of American success, it is also a film about failure. Clint Burnham's reading of Jameson and \u003ci\u003eThe Wolf of Wall Street \u003c\/i\u003eis a book about a contemporary film, and contemporary events, and contemporary theory.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eClint Burnham\u003c\/b\u003e teaches theory and popular culture at Simon Fraser University, Canada. His books include \u003ci\u003eThe Jamesonian Unconscious: The Aesthetics of Marxist Theory\u003c\/i\u003e (1995), \u003ci\u003eThe Only Poetry that Matters: Reading the Kootenay School of Writing \u003c\/i\u003e(2011), and the collections \u003ci\u003eDigital Natives\u003c\/i\u003e (2011, co-ed. with Lorna Brown) and \u003ci\u003eFrom Text to Txting: New Media in the Classroom\u003c\/i\u003e (2012, co-ed. with Paul Budra).\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e20 October 2016\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781501308345\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e192\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e7.68\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51331942711436,"sku":"9781501308345","price":25.16,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_04368339-aa8c-44c4-b9fb-3755d78bb01e.jpg?v=1783600500","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781501308345","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}