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Walls Without Cinema

Walls Without Cinema

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This volume closely examines the near-ubiquitous images of state security walls, domes, and other such defense enclosures flashing across movie screens since 2006, the year of the ratification of George W. Bush's Secure Fence Act. This study shows that many of the films of this era enable us to imaginatively test the effects of these security mechanisms on citizens, immigrants, refugees, and other sovereign states, challenging our commitment to constructing them, maintaining them, staffing them, and subsidizing their enormous overheads.
With case studies ranging from Atomic Blondeand Ready Player One to Black Panther and Elysium;Walls without Cinemaserves as a timely counterpoint to the xenophobic rhetoric and abusive, carceral security conditions that characterize the Trump administration's management of the Mexico-U.S. border situation.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
250
Release Date:
2022-05-19
Publication Date:
2022-05-19
Publisher:
Bloomsbury 3PL
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1501370979
ISBN13:
9781501370977
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
368 g
Height:
152 cm
Width:
229 cm
Thickness:
14 cm
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