TY - JOUR
T1 - The Pedagogy and Politics of Art in Postmodernity
T2 - Cognitive Mapping and The Bothersome Man
AU - Ott, Brian L.
AU - Lazić, Gordana
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - This essay inquires into the pedagogical and political dimensions of art in the contemporary moment. Specifically, it seeks to reanimate Fredric Jameson's notion of "cognitive mapping," which he introduced as a response to the postmodern problem of representing the social totality. To that end, the essay begins by explicating the twin impulses of cognitive mapping. It, then, undertakes a sustained rhetorical analysis of Jens Lien's award-winning 2006 Norwegian film, The Bothersome Man, demonstrating how the film employs entropic satire to, at once, map and critique the cultural logic of late capitalism. The essay concludes by reflecting on the important contributions rhetorical scholars can make to a renewed interest in cognitive mapping.
AB - This essay inquires into the pedagogical and political dimensions of art in the contemporary moment. Specifically, it seeks to reanimate Fredric Jameson's notion of "cognitive mapping," which he introduced as a response to the postmodern problem of representing the social totality. To that end, the essay begins by explicating the twin impulses of cognitive mapping. It, then, undertakes a sustained rhetorical analysis of Jens Lien's award-winning 2006 Norwegian film, The Bothersome Man, demonstrating how the film employs entropic satire to, at once, map and critique the cultural logic of late capitalism. The essay concludes by reflecting on the important contributions rhetorical scholars can make to a renewed interest in cognitive mapping.
KW - Affect
KW - Cognitive mapping
KW - Entropic satire
KW - Fredric Jameson
KW - Utopian impulse
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84883446543&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/00335630.2013.806816
DO - 10.1080/00335630.2013.806816
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84883446543
SN - 0033-5630
VL - 99
SP - 259
EP - 282
JO - Quarterly Journal of Speech
JF - Quarterly Journal of Speech
IS - 3
ER -