<b>The social figuration of affective (dis)connections, in four American movies, on the light of labor market flexibility context, 1987-1993</b> - doi: 10.4025/actascihumansoc.v34i2.16495

  • Alexander Martins Vianna Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro
Keywords: cinema, USA, social figuration, post-fordist capitalism

Abstract

This essay intends to show a case study of the cultural representation of affective relationships in four American movies on the eve of 1990s, considering USA’s contextual roads to the flexible labor market. The comparative drama approach works to us as a way of analyzing cultural expectations and values through movie discourses. As we know, movies can do judgments, (re)presentations and/or propositions on specific contexts and institutions, exposing their values, behaviors, thoughts, dreams and contradictions. So, I have proposed that the four American movies chosen here have avoided class struggle approaches and have represented conformist values – and affective expectations of learning and behavior – that endure American social dynamics of post-fordist capitalism.

 

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Author Biography

Alexander Martins Vianna, Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro

Professor de História Moderna e Contemporânea do Departamento de História da UFRRJ. Doutor em História Social pelo PPGHIS-UFRJ.

Published
2012-10-17
How to Cite
Vianna, A. M. (2012). <b>The social figuration of affective (dis)connections, in four American movies, on the light of labor market flexibility context, 1987-1993</b&gt; - doi: 10.4025/actascihumansoc.v34i2.16495. Acta Scientiarum. Human and Social Sciences, 34(2), 227-236. https://doi.org/10.4025/actascihumansoc.v34i2.16495
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History