Embodiment and Legal Theory

Law in Fifty Shades of Grey

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by Kirsty Duncanson

Type

Studies

Subject

One Film > Fifty Shades of Grey

Keywords

Sam Taylor-Johnson, body, legal issues

Publishing date

2024

Publisher

Routledge

Collection

Routledge Focus on Gender, Sexuality, and Comics

Language

English

Relative size

Physical desc.

Hardcover • 136 pages
6 x 9 ½ inches (15 x 24 cm)

ISBN

978-0-367-33506-9

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Book Presentation:
This book addresses the importance of the body in legal theory, through an analysis of the film Fifty Shades of Grey.

As physical beings, we experience law in sensations of outrage when it is applied unethically, righteousness when it finds justice, and joy when it establishes partnerships in marriage. Our bodies feel and know law. In Embodiment and Legal Theory, it is argued that our bodies also theorise law. It is proposed that our bodies are involved in comprehending, negotiating, and reimagining the legal concepts that shape our lives. As a medium designed to engage us by stimulating our bodily reactions of tears, laughter, shock, and titillation, cinema provides an ideal site for exploring how bodies participate in legal arguments and the construction of legal meaning. For this reason, through a deep analysis of the film Fifty Shades of Grey (2015), this book presents a theory of embodied jurisprudence.

At the intersection of legal theory and film studies, this book will appeal to students and scholars in both these areas, as well as in criminology and cultural studies.

About the Author:
Kirsty Duncanson is Senior Lecturer in Crime, Justice and Legal Studies in the Department of Social Inquiry at La Trobe University, Melbourne.

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