Eugene Nulman

How Popular Culture Destroys our Political Imagination

Capitalism and its Alternatives in Film and Television

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Produktbeschreibung

How Popular Culture Destroys our Political Imagination: Capitalism and its Alternatives in Film and Television explores the representations of capitalism, the state, and their alternatives in popular screen media texts.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. November 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm
• ISBN-13: 9781032847726
• ISBN-10: 1032847727
• Artikelnr.: 70898915

Autorenporträt

Eugene Nulman is Assistant Professor of Political Science at the Department of Political and Social Sciences at the Scuola Normale Superiore. He has written on the subject of popular culture and society and social movements, with a focus on climate activism. He has written the books Coronavirus Capitalism Goes to the Cinema (2021) and Climate Change and Social Movements: Civil Society and the Development of National Climate Change Policy (2015). He has published academic work in journals such as Third World Quarterly; Media, Culture and Society; Journal of Youth Studies; and Environmental Politics.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. Neoliberalism, TINA, and the Titanic Effects
2. Research Methods
3. Eight Limited Critiques of Capitalism: Mapping the Terrain
4. Representations of Evil: A Cinematic Anthropology of Villains
5. Structural Critiques in Film and TV: Mr. Moneybags and the Hidden Abode
6. Representations of Crises, Colonialism, and Consumerism: Fat Cats,
Starving Dogs, and Tulip Bulbs
7. Transferable Radicalness: Alternative Lifestyles in Film and TV
8. Radical Resistance in The Lego Movie: The Building Blocks of Utopia
9. Utopian Conclusions: Yesterday, Today, & Tomorrowland
Appendix I: Films/Television Programs Analyzed