Erica Arthur
Biographic Data
| ID | 4117886 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Erica Arthur |
| GIVEN NAMES | Erica |
| FAMILY NAME | Arthur |
| SIGNATURE | ARTHUR E |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Nottingham |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 1 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 1 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Where Lester Burnham Falls Down
This article establishes the means by which Lester Burnham, the white, male protagonist in American Beauty, is able to indulge in trangressive and damaging behavior while remaining a sympathetic figure. Through an initial comparison with Falling Down, the victim politics at play in American Beauty are shown to be covert, non confrontational, and contained by the film's domestic setting. However, close reading exposes the filmic strategies that sh…
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Where Lester Burnham Falls Down
This article establishes the means by which Lester Burnham, the white, male protagonist in American Beauty, is able to indulge in trangressive and damaging behavior while remaining a sympathetic figure. Through an initial comparison with Falling Down, the victim politics at play in American Beauty are shown to be covert, non confrontational, and contained by the film's domestic setting. However, close reading exposes the filmic strategies that sh…
Aesthetics (1 work) · Art (1 work) · Beauty (1 work) · Cinema and Media Studies (1 work) · Covert (1 work) · Gender Roles and Identity Studies (1 work) · Gender Studies (1 work) · Gender, Feminism, and Media (1 work) · Law (1 work) · Philosophy (1 work)