Orgies of Feeling : Melodrama and the Politics of Freedom

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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-Marxi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Anker, Elisabeth R.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Durham : Duke University Press, 2014.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Politics and government
Political oratory.
Emotions > Political aspects.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > History & Theory.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
Éloquence politique > États-Unis > Histoire > 21e siecle.
Political oratory > United States > History > 21st century.
Emotions > Political aspects > United States > History > 21st century.
United States.
États-Unis > Politique et gouvernement > 2009-2017.
États-Unis > Politique et gouvernement > 2001-2009.
United States > Politics and government > 2009-2017.
United States > Politics and government > 2001-2009.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario: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.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (352 pages).
ISBN:9780822376545

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