John S. Nelson

Politics in Popular Movies (eBook, PDF)

Rhetorical Takes on Horror, War, Thriller, and Sci-Fi Films

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Popular movies can be surprisingly smart about politics - from the portentous politics of state or war, to the grassroots, everyday politics of family, romance, business, church and school. Politics in Popular Movies analyses the politics in many well-known films across four popular genres: horror, war, thriller and science fiction. The book's aims are to appreciate specific movies and their shared forms, to understand their political engagements and to provoke some insightful conversations. The means are loosely related 'film takes' that venture ambitious, playful and engaging arguments on political styles encouraged by recent films.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Oktober 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317253983
• Artikelnr.: 44018120

Autorenporträt

John S. Nelson does political theory and communication at The University of Iowa, where he has directed the Project on Rhetoric of Inquiry, the Bridging Project, and the Honors Program. He has edited Poroi, an electronic journal, plus university-press series from Chicago and Wisconsin. His books include Video Rhetorics (Illinois) and Tropes of Politics (Wisconsin).

Inhaltsangabe

1. Film Takes: Rhetorical Appreciations of Popular Politics Part One:
Popular Genres 2. Politics in Conventions: Conspiracy as a Cinematic Trope
for System 3. Politics in Subtexts: Horror Movies as Facing Political Evils
in Everyday Life 4. Politics in Innovations: Fractal Films as New Rhetorics
for Nonlinear Politics Part Two: Political Experiences 5. Emotion and
Empathy: From Sins and Pains to Bodies and Deeds in Horror Movies 6.
Character and Community: From Contracts to Contacts in Science-Fiction
Films 7. Atmosphere and Argument: From Vicarious to Virtual Experience in
War Movies Part Three: Cinematic Terrors 8. Movies Prefigure Politics: How
Thrillers Anticipated Terrorist Attacks on America 9. Movies Disfigure
Politics: How Vampire Hunters Pursued the War on Terror 10. Movies
Configure Politics: How Horror, Dystopia, Thriller, and Noir Shape
Terrorism 11. Conclusion: Political Styles in Popular Movies