Out of Sync & Out of Work : : History and the Obsolescence of Labor in Contemporary Culture / / Joel Burges.

Out of Sync & Out of Work explores the representation of obsolescence, particularly of labor, in film and literature during a historical moment in which automation has intensified in capitalist economies. Joel Burges analyzes texts such as The Invention of Hugo Cabret, Wreck-It Ralph, Fantastic...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Rutgers University Press Complete eBook-Package 2018
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Place / Publishing House:New Brunswick, NJ : : Rutgers University Press, , [2018]
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Year of Publication:2018
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (236 p.) :; 5 color, 25 b-w
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Introduction: Falling into History
  • 1. Culture by Outmoded Means
  • 2. Reading by Residual Means
  • 3. Narrative by Obstinate Means
  • 4. Cinema by Dated Means
  • 5. Politics by Obsolete Means
  • Acknowledgments
  • Notes
  • Index