Postmodern Theory and Blade Runner
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Postmodern Theory and Blade Runner

Matthew Flisfeder

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Postmodern Theory and Blade Runner

Matthew Flisfeder

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Matthew Flisfeder introduces readers to key concepts in postmodern theory and demonstrates how it can be used for a critical interpretation and analysis of Blade Runner, arguably 'the greatest science fiction film'. By contextualizing the film within the culture of late 20th and early 21st-century capitalism, Flisfeder provides a valuable guide for both students and scholars interested in learning more about one of the most significant, influential, and controversial concepts in film and cultural studies of the past 40 years.
The "Film Theory in Practice" s eries fills a gaping hole in the world of film theory. By marrying the explanation of film theory with interpretation of a film, the volumes provide discrete examples of how film theory can serve as the basis for textual analysis. Postmodern Theory and Blade Runner offers a concise introduction to Postmodernism in jargon-free language and shows how this theory can be deployed to interpret Ridley Scott's cult film Blade Runner.

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Publisher
Bloomsbury Academic
Year
2017
ISBN
9781501311765
Edition
1
Topic
Medien & darstellende Kunst
Subtopic
Filmgeschichte & Filmkritik
CHAPTER ONE
Postmodernism 
and 
postmodern theory
Toward 
a 
theory 
of 
the 
postmodern
My 
approach 
to 
postmodernism 
involves 
first 
providing 
a 
his-
torical 
sketch 
of 
its 
emergence, 
and 
especially 
its 
relationship 
to 
modernism. 
Since, 
in 
my 
view, 
postmodernism 
is 
on 
the 
one 
hand 
the 
product 
of 
transformations 
in 
the 
political 
economy 
of 
capitalism, 
and 
on 
the 
other 
hand, 
initially 
a 
reaction 
to 
the 
commodification
and 
institutionalization
of 
modernism, 
it 
is 
necessary 
to 
first 
look 
at 
some 
of 
the 
key 
features 
of 
modern-
ism 
and 
modern 
culture. 
After 
providing 
an 
initial 
sketch 
for 
the 
historical 
emergence 
of 
postmodernism, 
I go 
on 
to 
explain 
its 
chief 
characteristics 
and 
themes, 
and 
some 
of 
its 
methods 
of 
analysis, 
including 
categories 
such 
as 
pastiche/parody, 
irony, 
double-coding, 
allegory, 
its 
conceptions 
of 
subjectivity 
and 
identity, 
and 
the 
concept 
of 
the 
hyperreal. 
Bearing 
all 
of 
this 
in 
mind, 
though, 
my 
central 
argument 
in 
what 
follows 
is 
that 
postmodernism 
has 
made 
some 
significant 
gains 
in 
terms 
of 
its 
critique 
of 
the 
elitism, 
Eurocentrism, 
and 
phallocentrism 
of 
modern 
cultural 
criticism; 
its 
theories 
of 
media 
and 
new 
media 
add 
to 
our 
understanding 
of 
ideology 
and 
representation; 
however, 
by 
disavowing 
the 
historical 
materialist 
approach 
to 
culture, 
the 
radical 
and 
political 
potential 
of 
postmodern 
theory 
and 
criticism 
is 
effectively lost.

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APA 6 Citation

Flisfeder, M. (2017). Postmodern Theory and Blade Runner (1st ed.). Bloomsbury Publishing. Retrieved from https://www.perlego.com/book/396214/postmodern-theory-and-blade-runner-pdf (Original work published 2017)

Chicago Citation

Flisfeder, Matthew. (2017) 2017. Postmodern Theory and Blade Runner. 1st ed. Bloomsbury Publishing. https://www.perlego.com/book/396214/postmodern-theory-and-blade-runner-pdf.

Harvard Citation

Flisfeder, M. (2017) Postmodern Theory and Blade Runner. 1st edn. Bloomsbury Publishing. Available at: https://www.perlego.com/book/396214/postmodern-theory-and-blade-runner-pdf (Accessed: 14 October 2022).

MLA 7 Citation

Flisfeder, Matthew. Postmodern Theory and Blade Runner. 1st ed. Bloomsbury Publishing, 2017. Web. 14 Oct. 2022.