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Orgies of Feeling: Melodrama and the Politics of Freedom

Book information

Publisher
Duke University Press
Year
2014
ISBN
9780822376545
DOI
10.1515/9780822376545
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
7 MB (7161882 bytes)
Pages
352\352
Library
degruyter.com
Time added
2023-08-22 14:31:11

Description

Analyzing the work of melodrama and affect in contemporary politics, Elisabeth R. Anker boldly reframes political theories of sovereignty, freedom, and power. Through readings of melodramatic discourses in the War on Terror, neoliberal politics, anticommunist rhetoric, Hollywood film, and post-Marxist critical theory, she argues that melodrama animates desires for unconstrained power.

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