The Microeconomic Mode: Political Subjectivity in Contemporary Popular Aesthetics

by Jane Elliott

Book Overview

From The Road to Game of Thrones, across works as seemingly different as Gone Girl and Saw, literature, film, and television have become obsessed with the intersection of survival and choice. When the trapped rock-climber hero of 127 Hours is confronted with self-amputation or death, it is only a particularly blunt example of an omnipresent set-up. In real-life settings or fantastical games, protagonists find themselves confronting extreme scenarios...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231174748
• ISBN13: 9780231174749
• Release Date: June 2018
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.2" x 9.1"