New Poetics of the Film Body: Docility, Molecular Fundamentalism and Twenty First Century Destiny
Twenty first century film evokes a new topology of the body. Science and technology are the new century’s ‘sovereign power’ which enforces biopolitics through bodies which, by virtue of being seen at their most fundamental level, have become docile surfaces. The film body is at once manipulated and...
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Language: | English |
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2015-06-01
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Series: | American, British and Canadian Studies Journal |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1515/abcsj-2015-0001 |