Imperial Affects
Download or Read eBook Imperial Affects PDF written by Jonna Eagle and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 2017-07-21 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Author | : Jonna Eagle |
Publisher | : Rutgers University Press |
Total Pages | : 287 |
Release | : 2017-07-21 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780813583051 |
ISBN-13 | : 0813583055 |
Rating | : 4/5 (51 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Imperial Affects by : Jonna Eagle
Book excerpt: Imperial Affects is the first sustained account of American action-based cinema as melodrama. From the earliest war films through the Hollywood Western and the late-century action cinema, imperialist violence and mobility have been produced as sites of both visceral pleasure and moral virtue. Suffering and omnipotence operate as twinned affects in this context, inviting identification with an American national subject constituted as both victimized and invincible—a powerful and persistent conjunction traced here across a century of cinema.