{"product_id":"capitalism-hates-you-1","title":"Capitalism Hates You","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat contemporary horror films teach us about the cruelties of capitalist society\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eCapitalism Hates You\u003c\/i\u003e uses the horror film genre as a tool to diagnose and expose the hostile conditions of life under capitalism. Through incisive critical analyses of popular films such as \u003ci\u003eGet Out, Drag Me to Hell, Hereditary, The Babadook, \u003c\/i\u003eand many others, Joshua Gooch draws connections between Marxist theory and contemporary narratives of psychological unease. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Gooch highlights the work of women, trans, and nonwhite filmmakers to show how the remarkable diversity of twenty-first-century horror cinema can provide an expansive catalog of capitalism’s varying forms of oppression. Studying films that interrogate such urgent topics as gentrification, climate change, and reproductive labor, he demonstrates how contemporary horror films give affective shape to the negative undercurrents of our present socioeconomic system. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eCapitalism Hates You\u003c\/i\u003e argues that these films and their material conditions can deepen our understanding of essential concepts in contemporary Marxism, from the theory of value and changing forms of commodification to the labor of social reproduction, the abolition of the family, and the necessity of ecosocialism. Synthesizing various strands of Marxist thought, Gooch sheds light on the growing field of socially conscious horror films, examining how they pinpoint and exaggerate latent feelings of dread and discomfort to reflect the ills of society. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRetail e-book files for this title are screen-reader friendly with images accompanied by short alt text and\/or extended descriptions.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Minnesota Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54263211655512,"sku":"9781517917975","price":26.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781517917975.jpg?v=1780405215","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/capitalism-hates-you-1","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}