{"product_id":"american-stranger-will-scheibel-9781438464114","title":"American Stranger: Modernisms, Hollywood, and the Cinema of Nicholas Ray","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eReconstructs how Ray became a \"rebel auteur\" in cinema culture.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow does cinema culture imagine one of its favorite figures, the rebel? The reputation of the American director Nicholas Ray provides a particularly notable example. Most famous for \u003ci\u003eRebel Without a Cause\u003c\/i\u003e, Ray has since been canonized as a \"rebel auteur\" and celebrated for seeking a personal vision and signature style under the industrial pressures of Classical Hollywood during its late studio period. In \u003ci\u003eAmerican Stranger\u003c\/i\u003e, Will Scheibel reconstructs how Ray's reputation developed over time, analyzing the different historical practices of modernism that set new horizons for artistic rebellion in postwar cinema.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing on biographical legends, interviews, film reviews, articles in both national newspapers and international film magazines, and star promotion and publicity, Scheibel examines the contexts in which Ray's reputation was constructed. These include the consolidation of director-based film criticism and the rise of film studies as an academic discipline; star performances and personifications of the rebel male in Ray's films; the counterculture in which Ray promoted himself as a teacher and worked as a political avant-gardist; and the art cinemas of Jean-Luc Godard, Wim Wenders, and Jim Jarmusch, each of whom were influenced by Ray. In addition to \u003ci\u003eRebel Without a Cause\u003c\/i\u003e, Scheibel also analyzes such classic films as \u003ci\u003eThe Lusty Men\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eIn a Lonely Place\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as collaborative, less-examined films from his later career outside of Hollywood, \u003ci\u003eWe Can't Go Home Again\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLightning Over Water\u003c\/i\u003e. Reconstructing the evolution of Ray's place in cinema culture, this intellectual history measures the standards for both rebellion and convention, for the vanguard and the establishment, that determine an artistic reputation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Will Scheibel\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1438464118\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781438464114\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e State University of New York Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/01\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 258\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.10w x 0.90d","brand":"Will Scheibel","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46685651697919,"sku":"9781438464114","price":99.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_963f0650-9353-4951-8c5e-3a0f9078a45c.jpg?v=1741726357","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/american-stranger-will-scheibel-9781438464114","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}