The Cinema of the Precariat: The Exploited, Underemployed, and Temp Workers of the World

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Synopsis
The Cinema of the Precariat is the first book to lay out the incredible range of the precariat (the social class suffering from precarity) as well as a detailed report on the cinematic record of their work and lives.It discusses a thorough and definitive selection of more than 250 films and related visual media that take the measure of the precariat worldwide. For example, thousands of Haitians, including children, harvest sugar cane in the Dominican Republic (The Price of Sugar), while illegal Afghan refugees work in Iran (Delbaran). More familiar are the millions of Latino immigrants, legal or not, of all ages, that work in the United States (Food Chains). Each chapter focuses on a sub-class of the precariat or a contested zone of labor or the evolving political manifestation of the struggles of the unorganized and the dispossessed. Among the hundreds of bewildering film choices available nowadays this book offers the reader reliable guidance to the films bringing to life the economic, political, and social dilemmas faced by millions of the world's global workforce and their families.
Copyright:
2020

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Book Quality:
Publisher Quality
Book Size:
192 Pages
ISBN-13:
9781501349225
Related ISBNs:
9781501349201, 9781501349201, 9781501349201
Publisher:
Bloomsbury Publishing
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N/A
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
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No
Categories:
History, Entertainment, Nonfiction, Art and Architecture, Politics and Government
Submitted By:
Bookshare Staff
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This is a copyrighted book.

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