Breaking Down Joker
eBook - ePub

Breaking Down Joker

Violence, Loneliness, Tragedy

  1. 256 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Breaking Down Joker

Violence, Loneliness, Tragedy

About this book

Breaking Down Joker offers a compelling, multi-disciplinary examination of a landmark film and media event that was simultaneously both celebrated and derided, and which arrived at a time of unprecedented social malaise. The collection breaks down Joker to explore its aesthetic and ideological representations within the social and cultural context in which it was released.

An international team of authors explore Joker 's sightlines and subtexts, the affective relationships, corrosive ideologies and damning if ambivalent messages of this film. The chapters address such themes as white masculinity, identity and perversion, social class and mobility, urban loneliness, movement and music, and questions of reception and activism.

With contributions from scholars from screen studies, theatre and performance studies, psychology and psychoanalysis, geography, cultural studies and sociology, this fully interdisciplinary collection offers a uniquely multiple operational cross-examination of this pivotal film text, and will be of great importance to scholars, students and researchers in these areas.

Frequently asked questions

Yes, you can cancel anytime from the Subscription tab in your account settings on the Perlego website. Your subscription will stay active until the end of your current billing period. Learn how to cancel your subscription.
At the moment all of our mobile-responsive ePub books are available to download via the app. Most of our PDFs are also available to download and we're working on making the final remaining ones downloadable now. Learn more here.
Perlego offers two plans: Essential and Complete
  • Essential is ideal for learners and professionals who enjoy exploring a wide range of subjects. Access the Essential Library with 800,000+ trusted titles and best-sellers across business, personal growth, and the humanities. Includes unlimited reading time and Standard Read Aloud voice.
  • Complete: Perfect for advanced learners and researchers needing full, unrestricted access. Unlock 1.4M+ books across hundreds of subjects, including academic and specialized titles. The Complete Plan also includes advanced features like Premium Read Aloud and Research Assistant.
Both plans are available with monthly, semester, or annual billing cycles.
We are an online textbook subscription service, where you can get access to an entire online library for less than the price of a single book per month. With over 1 million books across 1000+ topics, we’ve got you covered! Learn more here.
Look out for the read-aloud symbol on your next book to see if you can listen to it. The read-aloud tool reads text aloud for you, highlighting the text as it is being read. You can pause it, speed it up and slow it down. Learn more here.
Yes! You can use the Perlego app on both iOS or Android devices to read anytime, anywhere — even offline. Perfect for commutes or when you’re on the go.
Please note we cannot support devices running on iOS 13 and Android 7 or earlier. Learn more about using the app.
Yes, you can access Breaking Down Joker by Sean Redmond in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Social Sciences & Film & Video. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
2021
Print ISBN
9780367774257
eBook ISBN
9781000521610
Edition
1
Topic
Social Sciences
Subtopic
Film & Video
Index
Social Sciences

Index

Note: Page numbers in italics indicate a figure and page numbers in bold indicate a table on the corresponding page.
acratic masculinity 104
aggression 68, 132, 178
alienated, alienation 17–18, 26–27, 75, 90, 93–95, 98–99, 120, 162
alt-right groups/movements 81, 82
anarchist rebel clown 83
anti-establishment 83
anti-fans 1
anti-fascist movement 79
anti-intellectualism 203
anti-masculinist position 2
anti-social personality disorders 162
anti-stigma campaigns 162
Arab revolutions 90–100
Argonauts, The 47
attitudes and behaviours 27, 162
Atwood, Margaret 79
audience, reception 6, 91, 147
autotheory 47
Avatar 79
Bainbridge, Caroline 1, 138
bandits 83
Barker, M. 162
Batman 147; mythology 29–30, 32–33; nemesis 132; noir hyperconsciousness in 32–33; violent character 30
Batman Begins 22
Batman Returns 121
Batman Trilogy 15
benevolence 68
Bickle, Travis 135
Black Lives Matter movement 79
blasé attitude 27
blind imitation 83
Blue Angel, The 72
Brief History of Neoliberalism 29
broadcast violence 131
Bronson, Charles 66
Brooker, William 24–25, 29
Brooklyn 54
Brown, Jeffrey 188
Buck, Joe 28
Bukatman, Scott 30
Burton, Tim 121–123
Bush-Cheney era 124
Cabanas, Edgar 208
Canby, Vince...

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title Page
  3. Series Page
  4. Title Page
  5. Copyright Page
  6. Dedication Page
  7. Contents
  8. List of contributors
  9. Acknowledgements
  10. Breaking down Joker: Violence, loneliness, tragedy
  11. Section I Divided space
  12. Section II Mediated uprisings
  13. Section III Violating genre
  14. Section IV Breaking the ideal man
  15. Index