1st Edition

The Emotional Life of Postmodern Film Affect Theory's Other

By Pansy Duncan Copyright 2016
242 Pages 14 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

254 Pages 14 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

254 Pages 14 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Emotion and Postmodernism : is it possible to imagine an odder couple, stranger bedfellows, less bad company? The Emotional Life of Postmodern Film brings this unlikely pair into sustained dialogue, arguing that the interdisciplinary body of scholarship currently emerging under the rubric of "affect theory" may be unexpectedly enriched by an encounter with the field that has become its... Read more

Introduction: Postmodernism and Emotion  1. Euphoria, Ecstasy, Sublimity: The Emotional Life of Postmodern Theory  2. Fascination: Between the Rough and the Glossy  3. Fear: Dead Subjects and Living Dolls  4. Bewilderment: The Ravaged Face of Postmodern Theory and Aesthetics  5. Boredom: Avant-Garde and Trash  6. Knowingness: Feeling Theory and its Other  Restlessness: A Coda

Biography

Pansy Duncan is Lecturer in the School of English and Media Studies at Massey University, Auckland, New Zealand, where she writes on media affect and aesthetics. Her articles have been published in a range of venues, including PMLA, Cultural Critique, Textual Practice, Screen, and Film Quarterly.