{"product_id":"trauma-and-disability-in-mad-max-beyond-the-road-warriors-fury-hardcover","title":"Trauma and Disability in Mad Max: Beyond the Road Warrior's Fury - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMick Broderick\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eKatie Ellis\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book explores the inter-relationship of disability and trauma in the \u003ci\u003eMad Max\u003c\/i\u003e films (1979-2015). George Miller's long-running series is replete with narratives and imagery of trauma, both physical and emotional, along with major and minor characters who are prominently disabled. The \u003ci\u003eMad Max\u003c\/i\u003e movies foreground representations of the body - in devastating injury and its lasting effects - and in the broader social and historical contexts of trauma, disability, gender and myth.\u003cbr\u003eOver the franchise's four-decade span significant social and cultural change has occurred globally. Many of the images of disability and trauma central to Max's post-apocalyptic wasteland can be seen to represent these societal shifts, incorporating both decline \u003ci\u003eand\u003c\/i\u003e rejuvenation. These shifts include concerns with social, economic and political disintegration under late capitalism, projections of survival after nuclear war, and the impact of anthropogenic climate change.\u003cbr\u003eDrawing on screen production processes, textual analysis and reception studies this book interrogates the role of these representations of disability, trauma, gender and myth to offer an in-depth cultural analysis of the social critiques evident within the fantasies of \u003ci\u003eMad Max.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The \u003ci\u003eMad Max\u003c\/i\u003e films have been understood from numerous perspectives, from auteurism to national cinema to action adventure to gender to science fiction to dystopia. Mick Broderick and Katie Ellis have surpassed that literature with this exciting and profound work. \u003ci\u003eTrauma and Disability\u003c\/i\u003e is more than a new optic through which to view a storied series; it is a challenge to film studies and cultural analysis more broadly to wake up, smell the burning guzzoline, and rethink normativity.\"\u003cbr\u003e-- \u003cb\u003eProfessor Toby Miller\u003c\/b\u003e, Loughborough University London, UK\u003c\/p\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eMad Max\u003c\/i\u003e is more relevant today than ever, with climate change destroying the Earth and many despot leaders worldwide. Broderick and Ellis critique the imagery of trauma within the films and focus attention on the many narratives involving disabled characters. Their explication of representations of bodies, disabled and nondisabled, makes a significant contribution toour understanding of multiple \u003ci\u003eMad Max\u003c\/i\u003e films, specifically, and popular culture, generally.\" \u003cbr\u003e--\u003cb\u003e Professor Beth Haller\u003c\/b\u003e, Towson University, USA\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis book explores the inter-relationship of disability and trauma in the \u003ci\u003eMad Max\u003c\/i\u003e films (1979-2015). George Miller's long-running series is replete with narratives and imagery of trauma, both physical and emotional, along with major and minor characters who are prominently disabled. The \u003ci\u003eMad Max\u003c\/i\u003e movies foreground representations of the body - in devastating injury and its lasting effects - and in the broader social and historical contexts of trauma, disability, gender and myth.\u003cbr\u003eOver the franchise's four-decade span significant social and cultural change has occurred globally. Many of the images of disability and trauma central to Max's post-apocalyptic wasteland can be seen to represent these societal shifts, incorporating both decline \u003ci\u003eand\u003c\/i\u003e rejuvenation. These shifts include concerns with social, economic and political disintegration under late capitalism, projections of survival after nuclear war, and the impact of anthropogenic climate change.\u003cbr\u003eDrawing on screen production processes, textual analysis and reception studies this book interrogates the role of these representations of disability, trauma, gender and myth to offer an in-depth cultural analysis of the social critiques evident within the fantasies of \u003ci\u003eMad Max.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMick Broderick\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Professor of Media Analysis at Murdoch University, Australia. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eKatie Ellis\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Professor in Internet Studies and Director of the Centre for Culture and Technology at Curtin University, Australia. \u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMick Broderick\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Professor of Media Analysis at Murdoch University, Australia. His major publications include \u003ci\u003eThe Kubrick Legacy\u003c\/i\u003e (2019), \u003ci\u003eReconstructing Strangelove: inside Stanley Kubrick's 'nightmare comedy'\u003c\/i\u003e(2017), editions of the reference work \u003ci\u003eNuclear Movies\u003c\/i\u003e (1988, 1991) and as editor or co-editor, \u003ci\u003eHibakusha Cinema\u003c\/i\u003e(1996, 1999, 2014), \u003ci\u003eInterrogating Trauma\u003c\/i\u003e (2010) and \u003ci\u003eTrauma, Media, Art: New Perspectives\u003c\/i\u003e (2011).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eKatie Ellis\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Professor in Internet Studies and Director of the Centre for Culture and Technology at Curtin University, Australia. Her research is located at the intersection of media access and representation. She is the author or editor of 20 books on the topic of disability, the media and popular culture including most recently\u003ci\u003eDisability and Digital Television Cultures\u003c\/i\u003e (2019).\u003cbr\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 109\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.31 x 8.27 x 5.83 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 12, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53377893335347,"sku":"9783030194383","price":104.18,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/y4LwndJ6119783030194383.webp?v=1779330363","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/trauma-and-disability-in-mad-max-beyond-the-road-warriors-fury-hardcover","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}