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OverviewThe screenplays and films of Quentin Tarantino raise profound comic and ethical dilemmas. Developing ideas from Lacanian psychoanalysis, Botting and Wilson explore ethical issues in relation to Tarantino's work, postmodernity and recent cultural theory. They argue that Tarantino's texts provide a provocative and telling contribution to theorized accounts of contemporary culture. The term 'Tarantinian' has been coined to refer to a set of sampled, self-authorizing signs that are cinematically assembled in processes of 'consuming - producing - expending' in the general context of a postmodern capitalism that enjoins excess. The Tarantinian ethics are elaborated, in the midst of a homogenized fast-food, movie and video culture, in relation to heterogeneous events of violence, horror and laughter. Witty and incisive, the book illuminates and interrogates contemporary structures of identity, desire and consumption. It will be of great interest to students of cultural studies, social theory and communication. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Fred Botting , Scott WilsonPublisher: SAGE Publications Inc Imprint: SAGE Publications Inc Dimensions: Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.20cm , Length: 23.40cm Weight: 0.440kg ISBN: 9780761968375ISBN 10: 0761968377 Pages: 200 Publication Date: 05 February 2001 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsThe Ethics of PersonalityThe Ethics of ProfessionalismThe Ethics of RomanceThe Ethics of ConsumptionThe Ethics of HorrorReviewsAuthor InformationFred Botting has taught English Literature, Critical Theory, Film and Cultural Studies at the Universities of Lancaster, Keele and Cardiff. He has written extensively on Gothic fictions, and on theory, film and cultural forms. His current research projects include work on fiction and film dealing with figures of horror - zombies in particular - and on spectrality, the uncanny and sexuality. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |