Masculine Capital / Yuppie Patriarchy: Visualizing the Noir Commodity in American Psycho
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Rischard, MattiusAffiliation
Univ ArizonaIssue Date
2020-12
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Rischard, M. (2020). Masculine Capital/Yuppie Patriarchy: Visualizing the Noir Commodity in American Psycho. Texas Studies in Literature and Language, 62(4), 437-462.Rights
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This item from the UA Faculty Publications collection is made available by the University of Arizona with support from the University of Arizona Libraries. If you have questions, please contact us at repository@u.library.arizona.edu.Abstract
In American Psycho, Patrick Bateman's narratological function is as a pastiche of cognitive and cultural dissonance resulting from deregulated commodity fetishism. Mary Harron's film adaptation sharpens his schizoid parody of 1980s Wall Street with film noir elements such as low-key lighting, subjective A/V techniques, and minimalist mise-en-scene, which enables opportunities for critiquing the relationship between commodification in the yuppie cultural mythos and visual consumption of the body.Note
12 month embargo; published 01 December 2020ISSN
0040-4691EISSN
1534-7303Version
Final accepted manuscriptae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.7560/tsll62404