Out of Sync and Out of Work: History and the Obsolescence of Labor in Contemporary Culture - Couverture rigide

Burges, Joel

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0813597129 ISBN 13 : 9780813597126

Editeur : Rutgers University Press, 2018

Synopsis

Out of Sync & Out of Work explores the representation of obsolescence, particularly of labor, in film and literature during a historical moment in which automation has intensified in capitalist economies. Joel Burges analyzes texts such as The Invention of Hugo Cabret, Wreck-It Ralph, Fantastic Mr. Fox, and Iron Council, and examines their "means" of production. Those means include a range of subjects and narrative techniques, including the "residual means" of including classic film stills in a text, the "obstinate means" of depicting machine breaking, the "dated means" of employing the largely defunct technique of stop-motion animation, and the "obsolete" means of celebrating a labor strike. In every case, the novels and films that Burges scrutinizes call on these means to activate the reader's/viewer's awareness of historical time. Out of Sync & Out of Work advances its readers' grasp of the complexities of historical time in contemporary culture, moving the study of temporality forward in film and media studies, literary studies, critical theory, and cultural critique.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

JOEL BURGES is an assistant professor of English and of visual and cultural studies at the University of Rochester in New York. He is coeditor of Time: A Vocabulary of the Present.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Rutgers University Press
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0813597129
• ISBN 13: 9780813597126
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 214
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• Personne responsable: non disponible