Seeing politics : film, visual method, and international relations / Sophie Harman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Harman, Sophie, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Politics in motion pictures.

International relations.

World politics--Research.

World politics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (202 pages)

Place of Publication:

Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2019]

Summary:

Visual politics and the aesthetic turn in international relations have emphasized the power of the image in world politics. Postcolonial and decolonial feminist theory shows the urgent need to rethink research and teaching methods. What happens when these concepts converge and such thinking is translated into practice? Engaging with a broad range of topics – the politics of everyday life, health, HIV/AIDS, Africa, post-colonialism, gender/feminist theory, visuality, film, and method – in Seeing Politics Sophie Harman looks at scholars who are pushing the boundaries of how they do research, how they communicate their research to a broader audience, and what counts as scholarship in world politics. Through a detailed exploration of the political process of film production, from inception and co-production to distribution and exhibition, she addresses the tricky transnational relationships, government gatekeeping, and global hierarchies of film governance that control and marginalize the stories and people we see. Fundamentally, Seeing Politics is about how narrative feature film challenges and advances the discipline of international relations, revealing aspects of politics that would otherwise remain unseen and unaddressed. Film is not just a way of communicating research. It is a method that produces research and visibility, advancing research practice and knowledge in international relations. Innovative and compelling, this book is about the politics of seeing, being seen, and what stops us from seeing.

Contents:

Front Matter

Contents

Tables and Figures

Preface

Acknowledgments

Seeing the Invisible

Why Film?

Film as a Method of Seeing

Seeing Discomfort in Film as Feminist Method

Gatekeeping and Patronage in the Politics We See

The Global Governance of Seeing

Seeing Politics

Kit List

Notes

References

Index

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780773557888

0773557881

9780773557871

0773557873