{"product_id":"american-blockbuster-charles-r-acland-9781478008576","title":"American Blockbuster: Movies, Technology, and Wonder","description":"\u003ci\u003eBen-Hur\u003c\/i\u003e (1959), \u003ci\u003eJaws\u003c\/i\u003e (1975), \u003ci\u003eAvatar\u003c\/i\u003e (2009), \u003ci\u003eWonder Woman\u003c\/i\u003e (2017): the blockbuster movie has held a dominant position in American popular culture for decades. In \u003ci\u003eAmerican Blockbuster\u003c\/i\u003e Charles R. Acland charts the origins, impact, and dynamics of this most visible, entertaining, and disparaged cultural form. Acland narrates how blockbusters emerged from Hollywood's turn to a hit-driven focus during the industry's business crisis in the 1950s. Movies became bigger, louder, and more spectacular. They also became prototypes for ideas and commodities associated with the future of technology and culture, accelerating the prominence of technological innovation in modern American life. Acland shows that blockbusters continue to be more than just movies; they are industrial strategies and complex cultural machines designed to normalize the ideologies of our technological age.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Charles R. Acland\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1478008571\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781478008576\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Duke University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/14\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 400\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.88d","brand":"Charles R. Acland","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43986449072383,"sku":"9781478008576","price":114.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_687fca69-a729-41fd-b94f-77796812a123.jpg?v=1683283408","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/american-blockbuster-charles-r-acland-9781478008576","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}