Specters of Mob in David Cronenberg’s <i>Eastern Promises</i>
This article situates David Cronenberg’s film <i>Eastern Promises</i> in the context of post-Cold-War European narratives. It argues that the secret dealings of the Russian mob in London are presented in the film as the uncanny and spectral return of forms of government and business that...
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| description | This article situates David Cronenberg’s film <i>Eastern Promises</i> in the context of post-Cold-War European narratives. It argues that the secret dealings of the Russian mob in London are presented in the film as the uncanny and spectral return of forms of government and business that run counter to the rationale conventionally associated with democratic capitalism and at the same time reveal much about its inherent logic. Cronenberg’s film connects private traumata with the violent reality of globalization, staging one as the ghostly realization of the other. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-50ef7920a9c440ddbaa3b8881b400b692023-11-23T08:38:55ZengMDPI AGHumanities2076-07872021-11-0110411610.3390/h10040116Specters of Mob in David Cronenberg’s <i>Eastern Promises</i>Gerd Bayer0Department of English and America Studies, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, 91054 Erlangen, GermanyThis article situates David Cronenberg’s film <i>Eastern Promises</i> in the context of post-Cold-War European narratives. It argues that the secret dealings of the Russian mob in London are presented in the film as the uncanny and spectral return of forms of government and business that run counter to the rationale conventionally associated with democratic capitalism and at the same time reveal much about its inherent logic. Cronenberg’s film connects private traumata with the violent reality of globalization, staging one as the ghostly realization of the other.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0787/10/4/116CronenbergDavid<i>Eastern Promises</i>DerridaJacquesspectrality |
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