{"product_id":"the-prettiest-woman","title":"The Prettiest Woman: Nostalgia for Late Industrial Capitalism","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eUncovering Hollywood’s perpetual longing for a lost industrial America\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“We don’t make things in America anymore”: like clockwork, this refrain resurfaces in political discourse, a reflection of yearning for a bygone era of industrial productivity. In his latest work, Grant Farred uses the 1990 film \u003ci\u003ePretty Woman\u003c\/i\u003e to expose and critique this lingering nostalgia for late-industrial capitalism.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSituating \u003ci\u003ePretty Woman\u003c\/i\u003e alongside Reagan-era films including \u003ci\u003eWall Street, \u003c\/i\u003eFarred examines the congealment of such a pervasive romanticized view of the United States as a fading industrial powerhouse. Drawing on an eclectic range of thinkers—from Raymond Williams and Slavoj Žižek to Mick Jagger—\u003ci\u003eThe Prettiest Woman\u003c\/i\u003e offers a unique analysis of the ways Hollywood perpetuates the myth of a lost “productive America,” highlighting the seductive power of this fantasy despite its disconnect from economic and political realities.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLike Clockwork: “Bring the Jobs Back to America”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShe’s a Pretty Woman\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNostalgia\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA Hollywood Genealogy\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCold Calling Is a Mug’s Game\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWall Street\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYou Are the Suit You Wear\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRaymond Williams: A Brief Word\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Patient Is on Life Support but Is Not Yet Dead\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Baseness of\/in the Superstructure\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWorking Women\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLate Industrial Capitalism 1: “Making Things in America”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLate Industrial Capitalism 2: Nostalgia and Grievance\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOn Morality: A Brief Žižekian Word\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt’s Big in Japan\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe \u003ci\u003eBoro\u003c\/i\u003e Aesthetic\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBastard 1\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA New Economy of the Prostitute and Its Dangers\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMy Fair Lady,\u003c\/i\u003e Beverly Hills Style\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAll a Pretty Prostitute Needs Is Her Own Dr. Henry Higgins\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Upside of Not Knowing Which Fork to Use\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWho’s Driving Edward Lewis?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBastard 2: The Hostility of the Takeover\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOedipal Drama, \u003ci\u003ePretty Woman\u003c\/i\u003e Style\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMaking and Unmaking in the Oedipal Family Drama\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTo Make Something\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFather’s Son, Mother’s Son: The Enduring Phantasmatic Father\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Žižekian Ethics of Mick Jagger\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“It Must Be Very Difficult to Let Go of Something So Beautiful”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTo Steal, to Make of Steel\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGrant Farred is author of several books, including \u003ci\u003eWhat’s My Name: Black Vernacular Intellectuals\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eMartin Heidegger Saved My Life\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eAn Essay for Ezra: Racial Terror in America\u003c\/i\u003e (all from Minnesota).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Minnesota Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44195765387357,"sku":"9781517918323","price":14.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0562\/0826\/1213\/files\/9781517918323.jpg?v=1770912604","url":"https:\/\/leftwingbooks.net\/fr\/products\/the-prettiest-woman","provider":"Leftwingbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}