Furious Feminisms Alternate Routes on Mad Max: Fury Road |
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Author:
| Boylan, Alexis L. Duane, Anna Mae Gill, Michael Gurr, Barbara |
Series title: | Forerunners: Ideas First Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-1-4529-6339-6 |
Publication Date: | Jan 2020 |
Publisher: | University of Minnesota Press
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Book Format: | Ebook |
List Price: | USD $4.95Contact Supplier contact
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Book Description:
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A provocative peek into this complicated film as a space for subversion, activism, and imaginative power
While both fans and foes point to Mad Max: Fury Road's feminist credentials, Furious Feminisms asks: is there really anything feminist or radical happening on the screen? The four authors--from backgrounds in art history, American literature, disability studies, and sociology--ask what is possible, desirable, or damaging in theorizing feminism in the...
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A provocative peek into this complicated film as a space for subversion, activism, and imaginative power
While both fans and foes point to Mad Max: Fury Road's feminist credentials, Furious Feminisms asks: is there really anything feminist or radical happening on the screen? The four authors--from backgrounds in art history, American literature, disability studies, and sociology--ask what is possible, desirable, or damaging in theorizing feminism in the contested landscape of the twenty-first century. Can we find beauty in the Anthropocene? Can power be wrested from a violent system without employing and perpetuating violence?
This experiment in collaborative criticism weaves multiple threads of dialogue together to offer a fresh perspective on our current cultural moment.
Forerunners: Ideas First
Short books of thought-in-process scholarship, where intense analysis, questioning, and speculation take the lead