Author : Claudia Schaefer
Release : 2012-02-01
Genre : Social Science
Kind : eBook
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Book Synopsis Bored to Distraction by : Claudia Schaefer
Download or read book Bored to Distraction written by Claudia Schaefer. This book was released on 2012-02-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Popular culture in the 1990s, especially cinema, can be considered a showcase for the accumulated hopes and fears of the twentieth century. From the promise of material goods to the profusion of despair, from devastating tragedy to exaggerated rapture, a dizzying array of images assaults the eye. Drawing on recent films from Mexico and Spain, Bored to Distraction navigates this visual terrain, from melodrama to horror, looking for what, if anything, might be excessive enough to rouse us from our comfortable everyday routines.