A cinema of hopelessness : the rhetoric of rage in 21st Century popular culture / Kendall R. Phillips.
Phillips, Kendall R.
2021
PN1993.5.U6 P55 2021
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Title A cinema of hopelessness : the rhetoric of rage in 21st Century popular culture / Kendall R. Phillips.
Author Phillips, Kendall R.
ISBN 9783030741365 (electronic book)
3030741362 (electronic book)
3030741354
9783030741358
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-74136-5
Published Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, an imprint of Springer Nature, [2021]
Language English
Description 1 online resource
Other Standard Identifiers 10.1007/978-3-030-74136-5 doi
Call Number PN1993.5.U6 P55 2021
Dewey Decimal Classification 791.436581
Summary This book explores the circulation of anger and hostility in contemporary American culture with particular attention to the fantasy of refusal, a dream of rejecting all the structures of the contemporary political and economic system. Framing the question of public sentiment through the lens of rhetorical studies, this book traces the circulation of symbols that craft public feelings in contemporary popular cinema. Analyzing popular twenty-first century films as invitations to a particular way of feeling, the book delves into the way popular sentiments are circulated and intensified. The book examines dystopian films (The Purge, The Cabin in the Woods), science fiction (Snowpiercer), and superhero narratives (the Marvel Cinematic Universe and Joker). Across these varied films, an affective economy that emphasizes grief, betrayal, refusal, and an underlying rage at the seeming hopelessness of contemporary culture is uncovered. These examinations are framed in terms of ongoing political protests ranging from Occupy Wall Street, the Tea Party, Black Lives Matter, and the 6th January 2021 invasion of the US Capitol Building. Kendall R. Phillips is Professor of Communication and Rhetorical Studies at Syracuse University, USA. His publications include Projected Fears: Horror Films and American Culture (2005), Dark Directions: Romero, Craven, Carpenter and the Modern Horror Film (2012) and A Place of Darkness: The Rhetoric of Horror in Early American Cinema (2018).
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Series Rhetoric, politics, and society series.
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Chapter 1. Introduction: Echoes of Refusal
Chapter 2. A Certain Tendency in Post-Occupy Cinema: The Cabin in the Woods, The Purge, and Snowpiercer
Chapter 3. You Get What You Fucking Deserve : Joker and the Fantasies of Refusal
Chapter 4. Of Gods and Monsters: Grief, Betrayal, and Failure in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Chapter 5. Conclusion: Endgame?

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