Interpreting and Transmitting Kynicism in Joker
Lexington Books/Fortress Academic (Verlag)
978-1-6669-3086-3 (ISBN)
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.
Kyle A. Hammonds is assistant professor of instruction at the University of Texas – Dallas.
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
| Erscheinungsdatum | 15.05.2024 |
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| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 161 x 236 mm |
| Gewicht | 562 g |
| Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Medienwissenschaft | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-6669-3086-5 / 1666930865 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-6669-3086-3 / 9781666930863 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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