{"product_id":"imperial-affects-sensational-melodrama-and-the-attractions-of-american-cinema-war-culture-series-9780813583037","title":"Imperial Affects Sensational Melodrama and the","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eImperial Affects\u003c\/i\u003e is the first sustained account of American action-based cinema as melodrama. From the earliest war films through the Hollywood Western and the late-century action cinema, imperialist violence and mobility have been produced as sites of both visceral pleasure and moral virtue.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Eagle skillfully juggles debates around the meaning and cultural relevance of melodrama, the relationship between sensationalism and modernity, and the cultural work done by the Western. This is a first-rate book that makes important contributions to film studies, American studies, and cultural studies more broadly.\" -- Sarah Hagelin * author of Reel Vulnerability *\u003cbr\u003e\"Rich in historical and critical insights, Eagle vividly demonstrates why the intimate connection between melodrama and action\/violence matters so profoundly for our thinking about the cinema, gender, race and nationalism.\" -- Yvonne Tasker * author of Spectacular Bodies: Gender, Genre and the Action Cinema *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction Making Sense: The Moral and Affective Appeals of Melodrama  \u003cbr\u003e • The Felt Good of Melodrama  \u003cbr\u003e • Affective Attunement and the Structuring of Feeling   \u003cbr\u003e • Visceral Politics   \u003cbr\u003e • Imperial Affects   \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 1. A Rough Ride: Cinema, War, and the Strenuous Life  \u003cbr\u003e • Theodore Roosevelt and the Discourse of the Strenuous Life   \u003cbr\u003e • Strenuous Spectacle in the Theater of War   \u003cbr\u003e • Strenuous Spectatorship and the Early Cinema of Assaults   \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 2. Manifest Destiny in Action: Sensational Melodrama and the Advent of the Western  \u003cbr\u003e • Sensational Melodrama and Western Attractions   \u003cbr\u003e • The Visceral and Moral Thrills of Western Action   \u003cbr\u003e • Moving Men: Heroic Action and the Morality of Motion   \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 3. Western Weepies: The Power of Pathos in the Cold War Western  \u003cbr\u003e • Questioning Authority: Masculinity, Morality, and the Cold War Western    \u003cbr\u003e • The White Man’s Indian: Race and Redemption in the Pro-Indian Cycle    \u003cbr\u003e • “What am I supposed to do, cry  Feel sorry for him ”    \u003cbr\u003e • Suffer and Be Hard: The Power of Pathos    \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 4. The Subject of Imperiled Privilege: Victimization and Violence in Late-Century Action Cinema  \u003cbr\u003e • Spectacular Agonies, Sensational Redemptions: \u003ci\u003eRambo \u003c\/i\u003eas Melodrama    \u003cbr\u003e • \u003ci\u003eLethal Weapon\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDie Hard\u003c\/i\u003e, and the New Pleasures of Action    \u003cbr\u003e • There’s No Place Like Home: \u003ci\u003eFalling Down\u003c\/i\u003e and the Subject of Imperiled Privilege    \u003cbr\u003e • Beyond Forgiveness: \u003ci\u003eUnforgiven\u003c\/i\u003e and the Limitations of Critique    \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Epilogue To Be Real: Virtual Violence in the Twenty-First Century  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments    \u003cbr\u003e Notes    \u003cbr\u003e Selected Bibliography    \u003cbr\u003e Index    ","brand":"Rutgers University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405790486871,"sku":"9780813583037","price":105.4,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780813583037.jpg?v=1730493629","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/imperial-affects-sensational-melodrama-and-the-attractions-of-american-cinema-war-culture-series-9780813583037","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}