Format:
1 Online-Ressource (xi, 162 pages)
Edition:
First edition
Edition:
Also available in print
ISBN:
1784530107
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9781350986510
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9781784530105
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9780857729415
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9780857727374
Series Statement:
International library of the moving image 30
Content:
"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."--Publisher
Content:
Introduction: Freedom and vengeance at the movies -- Opting out: Into the wild and the fantasy of liberal independence -- Avenging dependence: Mystic river and the political ontology of vulnerability -- Grieving identity politics: The three burials of Melquiades Estrada and the question of grievability -- A predicament of precarity: Wendy and Lucy and the impossibility of neoliberal self-care -- Familial subjectivity and Winter's bone -- Conclusion: the unchosen and the politics of subjectivity.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 154-160) and index
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Also available in print.
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Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books
DOI:
10.5040/9781350986510
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