Freedom and Vengeance on Film

Precarious Lives and the Politics of Subjectivity

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de Robert E. Watkins

Type

Essays

Sujet

Sociology

Mots Clés

sociology, politics

Année d'édition

2021

Editeur

Bloomsbury Academic

1ere édition

2016

Langue

anglais

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Format

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

ISBN

978-1-350-24234-0

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Description de l'ouvrage:
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."

À propos de l'auteur :
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.

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