{"product_id":"blossoms-and-blood-postmodern-media-culture-and-the-films-of-paul-thomas-anderson-paperback-2","title":"Blossoms and Blood: Postmodern Media Culture and the Films of Paul Thomas Anderson - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJason Sperb\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom his film festival debut \u003ci\u003eHard Eight\u003c\/i\u003e to ambitious studio epics \u003ci\u003eBoogie Nights\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMagnolia\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThere Will Be Blood\u003c\/i\u003e, Paul Thomas Anderson's unique cinematic vision focuses on postmodern excess and media culture. In \u003ci\u003eBlossoms and Blood\u003c\/i\u003e, Jason Sperb studies the filmmaker's evolving aesthetic and its historical context to argue that Anderson's films create new, often ambivalent, narratives of American identity in a media-saturated world.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBlossoms and Blood\u003c\/i\u003e explores Anderson's films in relation to the aesthetic and economic shifts within the film industry and to America's changing social and political sensibilities since the mid-1990s. Sperb provides an auteur study with important implications for film history, media studies, cultural studies, and gender studies. He charts major themes in Anderson's work, such as stardom, self-reflexivity, and masculinity and shows how they are indicative of trends in late twentieth-century American culture. One of the first books to focus on Anderson's work, \u003ci\u003eBlossoms and Blood\u003c\/i\u003e reveals the development of an under-studied filmmaker attuned to the contradictions of a postmodern media culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 296\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.67 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 01, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47576340136157,"sku":"9781477302217","price":56.28,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/RE4rZWVkdGxsWHFweDVCWE0rSDMrdz09_dca35ad9-87e8-423f-b253-0e56d9631195.webp?v=1773457609","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/blossoms-and-blood-postmodern-media-culture-and-the-films-of-paul-thomas-anderson-paperback-2","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}