Kyle A. Hammonds

Interpreting and Transmitting Kynicism in Joker

The Dark Side of Film Fandom

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Produktbeschreibung

This book focuses on fan discourse and discussion surrounding Todd Phillips's Joker (2019), analyzing how far-right ideologues covertly propagate bigoted, extremist rhetoric under the pretext of offering film criticism.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 242
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Juni 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 549g
• ISBN-13: 9781666930863
• ISBN-10: 1666930865
• Artikelnr.: 70063223

Autorenporträt

By Kyle A. Hammonds

Inhaltsangabe

Section 1: Theoretical Underpinnings of Malicious Movie Talk
Chapter 1: Clever Enemies and the Problem of Joker
Chapter 2: Joker in the Tradition of Malicious Spurring and Poaching
Chapter 3: Whiteness and The Joker: A Brief History of a Very Pale Clown
Section 2: Understanding Fan Interpretations and Symbolism in Joker
Chapter 4: Interpreting Joker: A Map for Understanding
Chapter 5: Semiotics of White Nationalism in Joker: A Close Reading of the
Film and Its Symbolism
Chapter 6: Social and Cultural "Wells of Magic": Exploring Interpretive
Communities and their Referents
Chapter 7: Conflicts of Interpretation in White Nationalist Movie Fandom
Section 3: Drawing Meaning from Joker: Bringing Philosophy to Fan
Communication
Chapter 8: Cultivation of a Joker Filmosophy
Conclusion: Implications for [Aca]fans Amid Competing Hermeneutic
Discourses