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Book SynopsisTrade Review"So many mainstream movies are ultimately propaganda: propaganda for consumerism, violence, outdated gender relations, and the capitalist system. This book reminds us that films can also be rebellious, aiming not to reinforce but undermine the status quo. In this updated version of his original classic, Richard Porton traces the evolution of anarchist ideas and their influence on cinematic form and content, exploring a wide range of expressive work designed to provoke, inspire, and confound. A welcome and compelling celebration of a subversive and still-evolving genre."--Astra Taylor, author of
The People's Platform: Taking Back Power and Culture in the Digital Age"Although I'm a feminist, but not a self-identified anarchist-feminist, Richard Porton's Film And The Anarchist Imagination has inspired me to study the texts and films he brilliantly analyzes, even revisit my own from his unique perspective."--Lizzie Borden
Praise for the previous edition:
"Porton's astute and engaging study provides a needed corrective to the 'laughably unsubtle' movies that recycle stereotypes and half-truths."--Catherine Saint Louis,
New York Times Book ReviewTable of ContentsAcknowledgments
Introduction
1 Anarchism and Cinema: Representation and Self-Representation
2 Cinema, Anarchism, and Revolution: Heroes, Martyrs, and Utopian Moments
3 Anarcho-Syndicalism versus the “Revolt against Work”
4 Film and Anarchist Pedagogy
5 The Elusive Anarchist Aesthetic
Afterword (2019)
Notes
Index
