American Cultures Reflected in the Three Faces of Eve Movie (1957): Sociology of Literature

Abstract

This study deals with the reflection of American cultures of the 1950s in The Three Faces of Eve movie. It aims at finding the relation between the movie and the socio-cultural realities of the American society in the 1950s. The data includes texts and images using the document analysis as the method of collecting data conducting note-taking and screen-capturing of the relevant scenes. The primary data source was The Three Faces of Eve movie directed by Nunnally Johnson. The secondary data sources were previous studies related to the movie. The data were analysed Method of data analysis lies on qualitative method using context-oriented approach as the technique of analysis based on the perspective of sociol-ogy of literature. This study concludes that The Three Faces of Eve movie reflects the socio-cultural realities of the American society in the 1950s in terms of social practices consisting domestic and public realms. Domestic realms include domes-tic role division and women subjugation. Public realms include clubbing, drink-ing alcohol, smoking, funeral, divorce, and family mealtimeò.