Small-Town America in film: the decline and fall of community
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| adam_text | Emanuel Levy
SAAALL-TOWN
AMERICA
IN FILM
The Decline and Fall
of Community
A Frederick Ungar Book
CONTINUUM / NEW YORK
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments 11
Introduction 15
The Extraordinary Preeminence of Small-Town America in Popular
Culture 15
Theoretical Perspective 17
The Structure of Small-Town Films 22
Thematic Analysis of Small-Town Films 24
Organization of the Book 26
Chapter One: The 1930s—-Idealism and Optimism 29
Back to the Soil: Agrarian Romances and Collectivist Dreams 30
Ideological Tension: Our Daily Bread 31
Small-Town Doctors 35
Doctors as Folk Heroes: Dr Bull 38
Growing Pains and Family Life 40
A Quintessential American Heroine: Alice Adams 43
The Small Town and the Big City: Mr Deeds Goes to Town and Theodora
Goes Wild 47
Discrimination and Prejudice: Fury 55
Celebrating National Heroes: Young Mr Lincoln 60
Typical and Atypical Films 63
Conclusion 66
Chapter Two: The 1940s—Ambivalence and Cynicism 71
Classic Americana: Our Town 72
The Dark Side of Small Towns 74
The Normal and the Abnormal: Shadow of a Doubt 75
The Passing of a Tradition: The Magnificent Ambersons 78
Neurosis and Psychosis: Kings Row 84
8 | Contents
Ideological Summation of an Era: It s a Wonderful Life 88
Rural Life: Old and New Visions—Sergeant York and The Southerner 92
Original Vision of Small-Town America: The Miracle of Morgan s Creek and
Hail the Conquering Hero 96
Small-Town Housewives: Beyond the Forest 103
Conclusion 106
Chapter Three: The 1950s—Conformity and Repression 109
Suburbanism as a Way of Life 110
Uniformity and Conformity: No Down Payment 111
Outsiders in Small Towns 115
Repressed Sexuality: Picnic 117
The Small Town as Prison: All That Heaven Allows 120
Ideological Summation of a Decade: Peyton Place 122
The Rule of the Patriarch: The Long, Hot Summer 125
Growing Pains: Tomboys and Misfits—The Member of the Wedding 129
All You Need Is Love: East of Eden 132
Small Towns, Politics, and the Outside World 134
Pods as Communists: Invasion of the Body Snatchers 134
Racial Intolerance and Discrimination: The Lawless and Bad Day at Black
Rock 138
Conclusion 143
Chapter Four: The 1960s—Continuity and Change 147
Nostalgic View of Growing Up and Family Life 148
Love versus Sex: Splendor in the Grass • 151
Prevalent Small-Town Types: Spinsters 157
Nature versus Culture: The Birds 160
The South: Old and New 165
Father Knows Best: To Kill a Mockingbird 166
Black Knows Better: In the Heat of the Night 168
Worn Cliches or a New Beginning?: The Chase 170
The New Countercultural Films 173
Back to Communal Dreams: Alice s Restaurant 175
From West to East in Search of America: Easy Rider 178
Conclusion 179
Chapter Five: The 1970s—Nostalgia and Irony 182
Nostalgia: The Last Picture Show and American Graffiti 183
Anarchy and Disillusionment: Twisted Views of Rural Life 191
Anarchy and Back to Nature: Jeremiah Johnson 192
Anarchy and Sentimentality: Paper Moon 193
Anarchy as Lack of Control: The Sugarland Express 194
Contents 9
Anarchy and Alienation: Badlands 196
Anarchy and Romanticism: Thieves Like Us 199
Suburbia as Small Town: Shampoo 202
Class and Mobility: Breaking Away 204
Conclusion 208
Chapter Six: The 1980s—Eccentricity and Self-Consciousness 213
The Eccentricities of Small Towns 214
A Jonathan Demme Trilogy 215
The Normal and die Abnormal: Blue Velvet 221
Eccentricity for Eccentricity s Sake 225
Women in the Country 227
Gaining Consciousness: Norma Roe 228
Farming: A New Screen Occupation for Women 231
A Farm Trilogy: Places in the Heart, Country, and The River 233
Time Warp Machines: Back to the Past and Back to the Future 236
Two Visions of Coming of Age: Stand by Me and River s Edge 243
Conclusion 247
Conclusion 251
The Small Town and the Big City as Ideological Constructs 251
Social-Historical Variation in- the Imagery of Small Towns 255
Distinctive Thematics and Stylistics of Small-Town Films 258
Small-Town Movies by Decade 265
Notes 271
Select Bibliography 280
Index 287
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