Furious feminisms : alternate routes on Mad Max : Fury Road / Alexis L. Boylan, Anna Mae Duane, Michael Gill, and Babara Gurr.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Boylan, Alexis L., author.

Duane, Anna Mae, 1968- author.

Gill, Michael Carl, author.

Gurr, Barbara, 1970- author.

Series:

Forerunners (Minneapolis, Minn.)

Forerunners : ideas first

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mad Max: fury road (Motion picture).

Feminist film criticism.

Motion pictures--Evaluation.

Motion pictures.

Physical Description:

xix, 73 pages ; 18 cm.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 2020.

Summary:

While both fans and foes point to Mad Max: Fury Road's feminist credentials, Furious Feminisms asks: is there really anything feminist or radical happening on the screen? The four authors--from backgrounds in art history, American literature, disability studies, and sociology--ask what is possible, desirable, or damaging in theorizing feminism in the contested landscape of the twenty-first century. Can we find beauty in the Anthropocene? Can power be wrested from a violent system without employing and perpetuating violence? This experiment in collaborative criticism weaves multiple threads of dialogue together to offer a fresh perspective on our current cultural moment.

Contents:

Just a warrior at the end of the world / Babara Gurr

Is the future disabled? / Michael Gill

We are not things! Fury Road's white slavery story / Anna Mae Duane

Post-post-post beauty at the end of the world / Alexis L. Boylan

We and not we: conclusion.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1517909198

9781517909192

OCLC:

1128700113