Popular Film and Contemporary Political Theory
Buch, Englisch, 236 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 3164 g
ISBN: 978-1-349-31895-7
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK
The Politics of Hollywood Cinema radically transforms our understanding of cinema's potential to be politically engaging and challenging. Examining several films from Hollywood's classical era, including Marked Woman, Mr Smith Goes to Washington, Born Yesterday, On the Waterfront and It Should Happen to You, alongside contemporary theories of democracy advanced by Ernesto Laclau, Chantal Mouffe, Claude Lefort, Étienne Balibar and Jacques Rancière, Richard Rushton argues that popular films can offer complex subtle, relevant and controversial approaches to democracy and politics.
Zielgruppe
Research
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Fachgebiete
- Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Filmwissenschaft, Fernsehen, Radio Filmgattungen, Filmgenre
- Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Medienwissenschaften
- Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Kulturwissenschaften
- Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie
Weitere Infos & Material
1. What is a Politics of Cinema? 2. Discovering a Politics of Cinema: The Influence of Althusser 3. The Politics of Cinematic Pleasure (with some reflections on The Sound of Music) 4. Politics and Hollywood Cinema: Marked Woman 5. Suture and Political Identity: On the Waterfront 6. Democracy and Totalitarianism: Mr Smith Goes to Washington 7. Égaliberté and Citizenship: Born Yesterday 8. Equality and Democracy: It Should Happen to You 9. Concluding Remarks
