Film and the anarchist imagination / Richard Porton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Porton, Richard, author.

Series:

Illinois scholarship online.

Illinois scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Anarchism in motion pictures.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 338 pages)

Edition:

Expanded second edition.

Place of Publication:

Urbana ; Chicago ; Springfield : University of Illinois Press, [2020]

Summary:

Hailed since its initial release, 'Film and the Anarchist Imagination' offers the authoritative account of films featuring anarchist characters and motifs. Richard Porton delves into the many ways filmmakers have portrayed anarchism's long traditions of labor agitation and revolutionary struggle. While acknowledging cinema's predilection for ludicrous anarchist stereotypes, he focuses on films that, wittingly or otherwise, reflect or even promote workplace resistance, anarchist pedagogy, self-emancipation, and anti-statist insurrection. For this updated second edition, Porton reflects on several new topics, including the negative portrayals of anarchism over the past twenty years and the contemporary embrace of post-anarchism.

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on August 11, 2021).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Includes index.

ISBN:

9780252043338

0252043332