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Author:   Amanda Firestone ,  Leisa A. Clark
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint:   McFarland & Co Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.10cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.286kg
ISBN:  

9781476676678

ISBN 10:   1476676674
Pages:   212
Publication Date:   25 May 2020
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents Acknowledgments Preface (Amanda Firestone) Section I: “They’re already here. You’re next” (Amanda Firestone) Jessica Jones, Film Noir and #MeToo (Caroline Hovanec) Digital Activism and Storytelling: Exploring the Radical Potential of the #MeToo Movement (Meagan Thompson) The Perils of Performance: Performing the Politics of Respectability as Resistance in Get Out (Alisha Menzies) He Did Nazi That Coming: Remix, Resistance and Richard Spencer’s Face (Jason Buel and Kristi Kouchakji) “A society on the verge of a nervous breakdown”: The Death of Stalin, Historical Film and Resistance to Trump’s America (Sabrina Mittermeier) Section II: “The only way to support a revolution is to make your own” (Amanda Firestone) The Trial of King Killmonger: Theorizing the Rage of a Third Culture Kid as Resistance (Kwasu David Tembo) Voiceless Yet Vocal: Speaking Desire in The Shape of Water (Jeana Jorgensen) “Who tells your story?” The Power of Hamilton’s Fantastic ­Re-Telling of American History (Amanda K. LeBlanc) “Promise me we’ll do this together”: Trauma and the Restorative Power of the Feminine in Frozen and Moana (Jessica Stanley) Real Curves in the Revolution: Body Politics, Unruly Bodies and Comedy as Resistance (S. Katherine Cooper, Brittany M. Harder and Corinne E. Fanta) Section III: “You celebrated the small victories, and you dreamed of the big ones to come” (Amanda Firestone) “A one woman riot”: The Voice of the #ICantKeepQuiet Choir (Elizabeth J. Dickhut) Documentary Agitation and Outreach: The Rhetorical Networks of Resistance in Popular Nonfiction Film (Chandra A. Maldonado) Gillard of Thrones: Using Popular Culture to Resist Misogyny (Ana Stevenson) Come from Away: Resistance in the 2017 Film Wonder Woman (Mary F. Pharr) “We are the spark that will light the fire”: Hope, the Cyclical Pattern of Resistance and Concrete Dystopia in Disney’s The Last Jedi (Annika Gonnermann) About the Contributors Index

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Amanda Firestone is an assistant professor of communication at the University of Tampa. Her research focuses on the heroine’s coming-of-age in Young Adult Literature. Leisa A. Clark is a professor of arts and humanities, teaching diverse class subjects such as art history, media studies, and film history. She is the author of a variety of books, ranging from fictional comedic space opera to critical edited collections. She lives in St. Petersburg, Florida.

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