{"product_id":"breaking-down-joker-9780367774257","title":"Breaking Down Joker","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBreaking Down \u003c\/em\u003eJoker offers a compelling, multi-disciplinary examination of a landmark film and media event that was simultaneously both celebrated and derided, and which arrived at a time of unprecedented social malaise. The collection breaks down \u003ci\u003eJoker\u003c\/i\u003e to explore its aesthetic and ideological representations within the social and cultural context in which it was released.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn international team of authors explore \u003cem\u003eJoker\u003c\/em\u003e's sightlines and subtexts, the affective relationships, corrosive ideologies, and damning, if ambivalent, messages of this film. The chapters address such themes as white masculinity, identity and perversion, social class and mobility, urban loneliness, movement and music, and questions of reception and activism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith contributions from scholars from screen studies, theatre and performance studies, psychology and psychoanalysis, geography, cultural studies, and sociology, this fully interdisciplinary collection offers a uniquely mu\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eBreaking Down Joker\u003c\/em\u003e is a fascinating read. Sean Redmond has collected an array of exciting young scholars, who have each brought a unique perspective to one of the most innovative and controversial films of the 21st Century. From a range of disciplinary approaches, this collection insightfully considers \u003cem\u003eJoker\u003c\/em\u003e as not merely a complex film, but as a watershed cultural moment. No stone is left unturned as \u003cem\u003eBreaking Down Joker\u003c\/em\u003e unpacks themes as diverse as liminality, neoliberal political views, urban environments, toxic masculinity, and mental health care deficiencies. This collection is a must for anyone serious about cinema and cultural criticism.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eJeffrey A. Brown, Professor \u0026amp; Chair, Bowling Green State University, USA\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUpon its release, Todd Phillips’ \u003cem\u003eJoker\u003c\/em\u003e garnered critical acclaim, awards recognition, and massive box office. The super villain origin story also received criticism for its depiction of violence, mental illness, and toxic masculinity. In \u003cem\u003eBreaking Down Joker\u003c\/em\u003e celebrated screen studies scholar Sean Redmond enlists an impressive array of global scholars to better understand the film and its wider reception. Applying a range of interdisciplinary perspectives, including screen studies, psychology, and sociology, this collection captures, unpicks, and challenges the often-conflicting views on the controversial film. Few recent films merit this depth of scholarly analysis, and it is harder to imagine a more rounded understanding of \u003cem\u003eJoker\u003c\/em\u003e than that offered by this exciting new collection.\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAssociate Professor Liam Burke, author of \u003c\/em\u003eThe Comic Book Film Adaptation\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eBreaking Down \u003cem\u003eJoker\u003c\/em\u003e: Violence, Loneliness, Tragedy; \u003cstrong\u003eSection I: Divided Space\u003c\/strong\u003e; 1. All the World’s a Stage: Reading Space(s) in Todd Phillips’ \u003cem\u003eJoker\u003c\/em\u003e; 2. \u003cem\u003eJoker\u003c\/em\u003e and Gotham City: Identity Correspondence. The Political Value in the Evocation of New York City in the 1970s and the Imaginary of the New Hollywood Thriller; 3. \u003cem\u003eJoker\u003c\/em\u003e: Madly Walking and Dancing Through Space; 4. New York is Dead: The Joker Steps and Urban Melancholia; \u003cstrong\u003eSection II: Mediated Uprisings\u003c\/strong\u003e; 5. Send in the Clowns: \u003cem\u003eJoker\u003c\/em\u003e, Vigilante films and Populist Revolt; 6. Looking \u003cem\u003eat\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003ewith\u003c\/em\u003e Images: Crowds in \u003cem\u003eJoker\u003c\/em\u003e, Joker in the Crowd; 7. Resisting Tyranny with Laughter: \u003cem\u003eJoker\u003c\/em\u003e and the Arab Revolutions; 8. \u003cem\u003eJoker\u003c\/em\u003e: Toxic Masculinity, the Instigation of (Political) Violence and the Protection of Minors in Greece; \u003cstrong\u003eSection III: Violating Genre\u003c\/strong\u003e; 9. ‘Put on a Happy Face’: The Neoliberal Horrors of Joker\/s; 10. Performance Crime, Trigger Warnings, and the Violence of \u003cem\u003eJoker\u003c\/em\u003e; 11. The Perfect Crime? Anthropology and Liminality in \u003cem\u003eJoker\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cstrong\u003eSection IV: Breaking the Ideal Man\u003c\/strong\u003e; 12. \"What do you get when you cross a mentally ill loner with a society that abandons him?\" - Madness and Power in \u003cem\u003eJoker\u003c\/em\u003e; 13. \u003cem\u003eA Monster We\u003c\/em\u003e (Re) \u003cem\u003eMake\u003c\/em\u003e: Family Violence and Monstrous Masculinity in \u003cem\u003eJoker\u003c\/em\u003e; 14. The Joker and Man in the Mirror: Through Chaos to True Identity; 15. Lives of Precarity in the Age of Neoliberalism: The Tales Untold\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51018072293719,"sku":"9780367774257","price":37.04,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780367774257.jpg?v=1750775544","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/breaking-down-joker-9780367774257","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}