{"product_id":"nashville-paperback-1","title":"Nashville - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHeather Hendershot\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRobert Altman's \u003ci\u003eNashville\u003c\/i\u003e (1975) is simultaneously an intimate film about interpersonal connection and disconnection, and a sprawling, meandering portrait of American societal exhaustion in the wake of Vietnam, Watergate and a spate of political assassinations. Despite its pessimistic, satirical viewpoint, the film suggests a carefully guarded optimism: 'life may be a one-way street', but one has no choice but to 'keep a' goin'. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHeather Hendershot places \u003ci\u003eNashville\u003c\/i\u003e in the context of the New Hollywood of the 1970s, which offered a post-censorship anti-hero, the perennial loser. Embracing the new pessimism, Altman's work fits with those of contemporaries such as Martin Scorsese and Peter Bogdanovich, but it also stands apart for its innovative sound design, improvisatory drive, and loose genre commitments. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThrough a close reading of the five days over which the film takes place, Hendershot unpacks both its political dynamics and the characters' interrelationships and motivations. She highlights \u003ci\u003eNashville\u003c\/i\u003e's criticism of the suffering of its female characters, an engagement that springs from Joan Tewkesbury's screenplay, Altman's sensitivity to gendered exploitation (here, if not in all of his pictures), and the role the performers themselves played by improvising and scripting some of their own material.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHeather Hendershot\u003c\/b\u003e is Cardiss Collins Professor of Communication Studies and Journalism at Northwestern University, USA. She has authored numerous books, including \u003ci\u003eOpen to Debate: How William F. Buckley Put Liberal America on the Firing Line\u003c\/i\u003e (2016) and \u003ci\u003eWhen the News Broke\u003c\/i\u003e: \u003ci\u003eChicago 1968 and the Polarizing of America\u003c\/i\u003e (2022), as well essays on films ranging from \u003ci\u003eThe Creature from the Black Lagoon\u003c\/i\u003e to \u003ci\u003eDog Day Afternoon\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 104\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 7.48 x 5.32 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 16, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47344206348537,"sku":"9781839028946","price":19.39,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/iLqJ_e48zl9781839028946_d7f28cdc-5ea5-4b73-a72a-53e898040b21.webp?v=1769729321","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/nashville-paperback-1","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}