Magical Thinking, Fantastic Film, and the Illusions of Neoliberalism

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Michael J. Blouin

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This book analyzes how contemporary popular films with fantastic themes, including Candyman, Frozen, The Cabin in the Woods, and The Incredible Burt Wonderstone, cultivate neoliberal subjectivities. These films promise dramatic change, but they too often deliver more of the same. Although proponents maintain the illusion that the militant enforcement of freemarket economics will resolve racism, climate change, and imperialism, their magical thinking actually fuels the crises. Magical Thinking, Fantastic Film, and the Illusions of Neoliberalism explores the ways in which the visual economies of Hollywood fantasy compliment this particular political economy.

Author Biography:

Michael J. Blouin is Assistant Professor at Milligan College, USA. He maintains research interests in film studies, critical theory, transnationalism, and popular culture. Blouin’s publications include Japan and the Cosmopolitan Gothic: Specters of Modernity, as well as articles in academic journals including The Journal of American Studies and Extrapolation.

Release date NZ

June 9th, 2016

Author

Michael J. Blouin

Pages

245

Edition

1st ed. 2016

Audience

General (US: Trade)

Illustrations

9 Illustrations, black and white; XII, 245 p. 9 illus.

Dimensions

148x210x20

ISBN-13

9781137531957

Product ID

25470141

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