Freedom and Vengeance on Film

Precarious Lives and the Politics of Subjectivity

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by Robert E. Watkins

Type

Essays

Subject

Sociology

Keywords

sociology, politics

Publishing date

2021

Publisher

Bloomsbury Academic

1st publishing

2016

Language

English

Relative size

Physical desc.

Paperback • 176 pages
6 x 9 ¼ inches (15.5 x 23.5 cm)

ISBN

978-1-350-24234-0

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Book Presentation:
Films both reflect and construct social reality, especially in the way they employ, affirm and critique the discourses through which we grasp political life. This book examines five contemporary feature films that engage our deep attachments to two core political ideas freedom and vengeance asking: what do audiences learn about freedom and vengeance from film, and what are the political consequences of the reproduction or disruption of their meanings? Often, contemporary films represent the pursuit of freedom and revenge in a depoliticized way, erasing the precarious character of social life. Other films, however, foreground the negotiation of unchosen relations and circumstances in their drama. Films examined include Into the Wild, Mystic River, The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada, Wendy and Lucy and Winter s Bone."

About the Author:
Robert E. Watkins is Associate Professor of Politics and Cultural Studies at Columbia College, Chicago. He has published in, among others, the journals Political Theory, History of the Human Sciences and Perspectives on Politics.

See the publisher website: Bloomsbury Academic