Freedom and Vengeance on Film

Precarious Lives and the Politics of Subjectivity

Nonfiction, Entertainment, Film, History & Criticism, Performing Arts, Social & Cultural Studies, Political Science
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Author: Robert E. Watkins ISBN: 9780857729415
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Publication: May 31, 2016
Imprint: I.B. Tauris Language: English
Author: Robert E. Watkins
ISBN: 9780857729415
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication: May 31, 2016
Imprint: I.B. Tauris
Language: English

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 of unchosen relations and circumstances in their drama. Films examined include Into the Wild, Mystic River, The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada, Wendy and Lucy and Winter's Bone.

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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 of unchosen relations and circumstances in their drama. Films examined include Into the Wild, Mystic River, The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada, Wendy and Lucy and Winter's Bone.

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