Class Alliances and the Birth of a Nation in A Wedding

Abstract

This essay presents an analysis of the film A Wedding by director Robert Altman in which it is argued that the dialogue established between film history and literature produces an acute evaluation of the moment the film was produced. More specifically, it is argued that the film presents a critical appraisal of the rise of the conservative trends that marked the history of the United States from the mid-1970’s.

Keywords

• robert altman
• cerimônia de casamento
• ascensão conservadora
• anos 1970.