Jonna Eagle
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Imperial Affects
Sensational Melodrama and the Attractions of American Cinema
By Jonna Eagle
Rutgers University Press
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.
- Copyright year: 2017
War Games
By Jonna Eagle
Rutgers University Press
Covering everything from chess to football, from Saving Private Ryan to American Sniper, and from Call of Duty to drone interfaces, War Games is an essential guide for anyone seeking to understand the militarization of American culture, offering a compact yet comprehensive look at how we play with images of war.
- Copyright year: 2020
Hollywood at the Intersection of Race and Identity
Edited by Delia Malia Caparoso Konzett
Rutgers University Press
This collection of essays examines intersectional identities of race/ethnicity, gender/sexuality, class, and nationality in Hollywood cinema. Intersectionality, traditionally associated with social activism, is used here more liberally as a critical and analytic tool to explore films, expressing multiple points of views and multiple ways of looking at films.
- Copyright year: 2020
Hollywood at the Intersection of Race and Identity
Edited by Delia Malia Caparoso Konzett
Rutgers University Press
This collection of essays examines intersectional identities of race/ethnicity, gender/sexuality, class, and nationality in Hollywood cinema. Intersectionality, traditionally associated with social activism, is used here more liberally as a critical and analytic tool to explore films, expressing multiple points of views and multiple ways of looking at films.
- Copyright year: 2020
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