{"product_id":"walls-without-cinema-state-security-and-subjective-embodiment-in-twenty-first-century-us-filmmaking-paperback","title":"Walls Without Cinema: State Security and Subjective Embodiment in Twenty-First-Century Us Filmmaking - Paperback","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\u003eLarrie Dudenhoeffer\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis volume closely examines the near-ubiquitous images of state security walls, domes, and other such defense enclosures flashing across movie screens since 2006, the year of the ratification of George W. Bush's Secure Fence Act. This study shows that many of the films of this era enable us to imaginatively test the effects of these security mechanisms on citizens, immigrants, refugees, and other sovereign states, challenging our commitment to constructing them, maintaining them, staffing them, and subsidizing their enormous overheads. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith case studies ranging from \u003ci\u003eAtomic Blonde \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eReady Player One\u003c\/i\u003e to \u003ci\u003eBlack Panther\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eElysium;\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eWalls without Cinema \u003c\/i\u003eserves as a timely counterpoint to the xenophobic rhetoric and abusive, carceral security conditions that characterize the Trump administration's management of the Mexico-U.S. border situation.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLarrie Dudenhoeffer\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of English at Kennesaw State University, USA, specializing in film studies, critical theory, and American studies. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eEmbodiment and Horror Cinema\u003c\/i\u003e (2014) and \u003ci\u003eAnatomy of the Superhero Film\u003c\/i\u003e (2017).\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 250\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.53 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 19, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53344519455027,"sku":"9781501370977","price":84.31,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/z0x1Iy51Y79781501370977.webp?v=1778725832","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/walls-without-cinema-state-security-and-subjective-embodiment-in-twenty-first-century-us-filmmaking-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}