Anker Orgies of Feeling

Melodrama and the Politics of Freedom
1. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-0-8223-7654-5
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 352 Seiten

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Anker, Elisabeth R.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments xi
Introduction. Melodrama and the Politics of Freedom 1
1. The Venomous Eye: Melodrama, Media, and National Identity after 9/11 31
2. The Melodramatic Style of American Politics: A Transnational History 65
3. Felt Legitimacy: Victimization and Affect in the Expansion of State Power 110
4. Orgies of Feeling: Terror, Agency, and the Failure of the (Neo)Liberal Individual 149
5. Heroic Identifications; or, You Can Love Me Too—I Am So like the State 180
6. Left Melodrama 203
Conclusion. Melodramas of Failed Sovereignty: The War on Terror as a Women's Weepie 225
Notes 259
Bibliography 307
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Elisabeth R. Anker is Assistant Professor of American Studies and Political Science at George Washington University.