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: | 978-1-5179-0919-2 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2020 |
| Publisher: | University of Minnesota Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $10.00 |
Book Description:
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A provocative peek into the complexities of Mad Max: Fury Road 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...
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A provocative peek into the complexities of Mad Max: Fury Road 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 theorising 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.