Politics in Popular Movies: Rhetorical Takes on Horror, War, Thriller, and Sci-Fi Films - Media and Power - John S. Nelson - Books - Taylor & Francis Inc - 9781612055572 - July 30, 2015
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John S. Nelson
Politics in Popular Movies: Rhetorical Takes on Horror, War, Thriller, and Sci-Fi Films - Media and Power 1st edition

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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.

256 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables

Media Books     Paperback Book   (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released July 30, 2015
ISBN13 9781612055572
Publishers Taylor & Francis Inc
Pages 256
Dimensions 228 × 153 × 18 mm   ·   378 g
Language English  

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