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"Salt Of The Earth" ( Director Herbert Biberman ) and "Ain't No Makin' It" ( Jay Macleod )
Analytical Essay # 14953
"Salt Of The Earth" ( Director Herbert Biberman ) and "Ain't No Makin' It" ( Jay Macleod )
Examines a conflict theory and the ways it applies to film's and book's depictions of class conflict, strikes and socioeconomic change.
1,125 words (approx. 4.5 pages) |
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1999
Paper Summary:
In both the film Salt of the Earth (Herbert Biberman, 1954) and the book Ain't No Makin' It by Jay MacLeod, class conflict produces an untenable situation for the lower class in the equation and contributes to conflicts which lead to violence and direct confrontation.From the Paper:
"In both the film Salt of the Earth (Herbert Biberman, 1954) and the book Ain't No Makin' It by Jay MacLeod, class conflict produces an untenable situation for the lower class in the equation and contributes to conflicts which lead to violence and direct confrontation. Conflict theory explains the nature of these confrontations and of the social problems that emerge. In the case of the strike depicted in Salt of the Earth, the strikers are able to organize and win the strike by getting the company to negotiate. In the book, groups such as the Hallway Hangers and the Brothers who seem unable to "make it" are no better or worse off than the workers except that the workers gain some semblance of control through their actions, while the members of the gangs seek control outside of society in an underground life that only acknowledges that they have already ..."More papers on "Salt Of The Earth" ( Director Herbert Biberman ) and "Ain't No Makin' It" ( Jay Macleod ):
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