The Prettiest Woman exposes and critiques a lingering nostalgia for late-industrial capitalism through the 1990 film Pretty Woman. Offering a unique analysis of the ways Hollywood perpetuates the myth of a lost “productive America,” Grant Farred highlights the seductive power of this fantasy despite its disconnect from economic and political realities.
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The Prettiest Woman: Nostalgia for Late Industrial Capitalism by Grant Farred is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.
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978-1-4529-7433-0
issn
2373-5074
publisher
University of Minnesota Press
publisher place
Minneapolis, MN
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