Popular Cinema as Political Theory
ISBN:
9781349477081
Auflage:
1st ed. 2013
Verlag:
Palgrave Macmillan, Palgrave Macmillan US
Land des Verlags:
Vereinigte Staaten
Erscheinungsdatum:
05.12.2013
Format:
Softcover
Seitenanzahl:
249
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The book presents cinematic case studies in political realism versus political idealism, demonstrating methods of viewing popular cinema as political theory. The book appreciates political myth-making in popular genres as especially practical and accessible theorizing about politics.
Biografische Anmerkung
John S. Nelson is Professor of Political Theory and Communication at the University of Iowa, USA. There he has directed the Project on Rhetoric of Inquiry, the Bridging Project for International and Interdisciplinary Studies, and Honors at Iowa. He has edited Poroi, an interdisciplinary journal on rhetoric in culture, inquiry, and politics, plus book series on Rhetoric of the Human Sciences and New Practices of Inquiry. His books include Video Rhetorics and Tropes of Politics.
