Imperial Affects: Sensational Melodrama and the Attractions of American Cinema (War Culture)
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| Rating | : | 4.53 (763 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0813583020 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 286 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-02-02 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
"Eagle skillfully juggles debates around the meaning and cultural relevance of melodrama, the relationship between sensationalism and modernity, and the cultural work done by the Western. This is a first-rate book that makes important contributions to film studies, American studies, and cultural studies more broadly."
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. Imperial Affects is the first sustained account of American action-based cinema as melodrama. 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.