TY - JOUR
T1 - The visceral politics of V for Vendetta
T2 - On political affect in cinema
AU - Ott, Brian L.
PY - 2010/3
Y1 - 2010/3
N2 - This essay concerns the role of political affect in cinema. As a case study, I analyze the 2006 film V for Vendetta as cinematic rhetoric. Adopting a multi modal approach that focuses on the interplay of discourse, figure, and ground, I contend that the film mobilizes viewers at a visceral level to reject a politics of apathy in favor of a politics of democratic struggle. Based on the analysis, I draw conclusions related to the evaluation of cinematic rhetoric, the political import of mass art, and the character and role of affect in politics. This manuscript is included in a special issue titled, Space, Matter, Mediation, and the Prospects of Democracy, Vol. 27, No. 1, 2010.
AB - This essay concerns the role of political affect in cinema. As a case study, I analyze the 2006 film V for Vendetta as cinematic rhetoric. Adopting a multi modal approach that focuses on the interplay of discourse, figure, and ground, I contend that the film mobilizes viewers at a visceral level to reject a politics of apathy in favor of a politics of democratic struggle. Based on the analysis, I draw conclusions related to the evaluation of cinematic rhetoric, the political import of mass art, and the character and role of affect in politics. This manuscript is included in a special issue titled, Space, Matter, Mediation, and the Prospects of Democracy, Vol. 27, No. 1, 2010.
KW - Cinematic rhetoric
KW - Embodied experience
KW - Political affect
KW - V for vendetta
KW - Visceral
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=77649218445&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/15295030903554359
DO - 10.1080/15295030903554359
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:77649218445
SN - 1529-5036
VL - 27
SP - 39
EP - 54
JO - Critical Studies in Media Communication
JF - Critical Studies in Media Communication
IS - 1
ER -