Emotional ethics of the hunger games 1st ed.

Author

• Laine, Tarja

Additional Author(s)

-

Publisher

Cham, Switzerland : Springer International Publishing, 2021

Language

English

ISBN

9783030673345

Series

Palgrave film studies and philosophy

Subject(s)

• EMOTIONS IN MOTION PICTURES
• ETHICS IN MOTION PICTURES
• HUNGER GAMES FILMS

Notes

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Abstract

Emotional Ethics of The Hunger Games expands the ‘ethical turn’ in Film Studies by analysing emotions as a source of ethical knowledge in The Hunger Games films. It argues that emotions, incorporated in the thematic and aesthetic organization of these films, reflect a crisis in moral standards. As such they cultivate ethical attitudes towards such phenomena as totalitarianism, the culture of reality television, and the society of spectacle. The focus of the argument is on cinematic aesthetics, which expresses emotions in a way that highlights their ethical significance, running the gamut from fear through guilt and shame, to love, anger and contempt. The central claim of the book is that these emotions are symptomatic of some moral conflict, which renders The Hunger Games franchise a meaningful commentary on the affective practice of cinematic ethics.

Physical Dimension

Number of Page(s)

1 online resource (xiv, 196 p.)

Dimension

-

Other Desc.

ill.

Summary / Review / Table of Content

Chapter 1: Introduction --
Chapter 2: Between Fear and Hope --
Chapter 3: Anger and Generosity --
Chapter 4: The Many Forms of Love --
Chapter 5: Survivor Shame and Guilt --
Chapter 6: Dynamics of Contempt and Dignity --
Chapter 7: Conclusion.

Exemplar(s)

#	Accession No.	Call Number	Location	Status
1.	00858/21	791.43615 Lai E	Online !	Available