Robert E. Watkins

Freedom and Vengeance on Film

Precarious Lives and the Politics of Subjectivity

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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 o… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-0-85772-737-4
EAN: 9780857727374
Produktnummer: 30156688
Verlag: Bloomsbury UK
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2016
Seitenangabe: 176 S.
Plattform: PDF
Masse: 7'049 KB
Auflage: 1. Auflage

Über den Autor

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.