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Fight Club
film analysis of political systems
genre analysis
Horror Movies
Inglourious Basterds
Jonah Hex
media studies
narrative theory
Play Back
political communication
Political Terrorism
Popular Genres
Popular Movies
Principal Reviewer
Science Fiction Movies
St Ag
Terrorist Grievances
Thin Red Line
Vampire Hunters
Vampire Killer
Vice Versa
War Films
Product details
- ISBN 9781612055565
- Weight: 476g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 30 Nov 2014
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Inc
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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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. Politics in Popular Movies shows how conspiracy films expose oppressive systems; it explores how various thrillers prefigured American experiences of 9/11 and shaped aspects of the War on Terror; how some horror films embrace new media, while others use ultra-violence to spur political action; it argues that a popular genre is emerging to examine non-linear politics of globalisation, terrorism and more. Finally it analyses the ways in which sci-fi movies reflect populist politics from the Occupy and Tea Party movements, rethink the political foundations of current societies and even remake our cultural images of the future.
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).
