Kyle A. Hammonds

Interpreting and Transmitting Kynicism in Joker (eBook, ePUB)

The Dark Side of Film Fandom

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Interpreting and Transmitting Kynicism in Joker: The Dark Side of Film Fandom focuses on fan discourse and discussion surrounding Todd Phillips's Joker (2019), analyzing how white nationalist movie fans code racist, sexist, ableist, and otherwise marginalizing logics into seemingly innocuous speech. Kyle A. Hammonds posits that, by arguing that their communication is "just their interpretation" of a movie, rather than explicitly political speech, white nationalists can communicate bigoted, extremist rhetoric under the pretext of good-faith film criticism. Hammonds leverages hermeneutic traditions often overlooked in communication and fan studies research to argue that interpretation is the key element of fan communication processes in struggles for authority over the meaning of texts-and that fan communities have a civic duty to identify and delegitimize exclusionary interpretations of pop culture in their fandom.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 242
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Mai 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781666930870
• Artikelnr.: 74831180

Autorenporträt

Kyle A. Hammonds is assistant professor of instruction at the University of Texas - Dallas.

Inhaltsangabe

Section 1: Theoretical Underpinnings of Malicious Movie Talk
Chapter 1: Clever Enemies and the Problem of Joker
Chapter 2: Joker in the Tradition of Malicious Spurring and Poaching
Chapter 3: Whiteness and The Joker: A Brief History of a Very Pale Clown
Section 2: Understanding Fan Interpretations and Symbolism in Joker
Chapter 4: Interpreting Joker: A Map for Understanding
Chapter 5: Semiotics of White Nationalism in Joker: A Close Reading of the
Film and Its Symbolism
Chapter 6: Social and Cultural "Wells of Magic": Exploring Interpretive
Communities and their Referents
Chapter 7: Conflicts of Interpretation in White Nationalist Movie Fandom
Section 3: Drawing Meaning from Joker: Bringing Philosophy to Fan
Communication
Chapter 8: Cultivation of a Joker Filmosophy
Conclusion: Implications for [Aca]fans Amid Competing Hermeneutic
Discourses