Cinema, Theory, and Political Responsibility in Contemporary Culture

Cinema, Theory, and Political Responsibility in Contemporary Culture
ISBN-10
0521589088
ISBN-13
9780521589086
Category
Literary Criticism
Pages
256
Language
English
Published
1997-08-14
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Author
Patrick McGee

Description

This book explores the political significance of aesthetic analysis in the context of cultural and film studies, and asks how political responsibility can be reconciled with the concept of the university as a democratic institution. Through detailed reference to Neil Jordan's film The Crying Game, Patrick McGee shows how film can be both a product of the culture industry and a critique of it. He analyses the function of the university in producing interpretations of such highly political art forms and in determing the limits of critical discussion. McGee links Adorno with Derrida to provide a new route through cultural studies and the claims of political criticism.

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