{"product_id":"9781770413139","title":"Gentlemen of the Shade: My Own Private Idaho","description":"\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor\/Contributor(s):\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eLee, Jen Sookfong\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eECW Press\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e6\/13\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003ePaperback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eNEW\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003cb\u003eGus Van Sant’s film and the ’90s cult of the alternative\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eGus Van Sant’s 1991 indie darling \u003ci\u003eMy Own Private Idaho\u003c\/i\u003e perplexed and provoked, inspiring a new ethos for a new decade: being different was better than being good. \u003ci\u003eGentlemen of the Shade\u003c\/i\u003e examines how the film was a coming-of-age for a generation of young people who would embrace the alternative and bring their outsider perspectives to sustainability, technology, gender constructs, and social responsibility.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMy Own Private Idaho\u003c\/i\u003e — fragmented and saturated with colour and dirt and a painfully beautiful masculinity — also crept into popular media, and its influence can still be traced. R.E.M. Portlandia. Hipsterism. James Franco. Referencing the often-funny and sometimes-tragic cultural touchstones of the past 26 years, \u003ci\u003eGentlemen of the Shade\u003c\/i\u003e sets the film as social bellwether for the many outsiders who were looking to join the right, or any, revolution.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Pop Classics Series\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eShort books that pack a big punch, Pop Classics offer intelligent, fun, and accessible arguments about why a particular pop phenomenon matters.","brand":"ECW Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46506391240959,"sku":"9781770413139","price":12.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0452\/0886\/2873\/files\/9781770413139_s600x595.jpg?v=1781621591","url":"https:\/\/massivebookshop.com\/de\/products\/9781770413139","provider":"MASSIVE BOOKSHOP","version":"1.0","type":"link"}