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$11.25The Story
VĆclav Havelās concept of āliving within the truthā in an authoritarian regime frames Marguerite La Cazeās readings of international cinema, highlighting forms of resistance in which seemingly pre- or nonpolitical aspects of lifeāsuch as professional labor, exile, and truth tellingācan be recognized as political when seen against a backdrop of general acquiescence. La Cazeās case studies cross genres, historical eras, and national contexts: the apartheid regime in South Africa, in A Dry White Season; post-Suharto Indonesia, in The Look of Silence; 1980s East Germany, in Barbara; the Chilean military dictatorship, in No; contemporary Iran, in A Separation; and current-day Saudi Arabia, in Wadjda. This book explores the filmsā use of image, sound, narrative, and character in dialogue with the work of Simone de Beauvoir, AimĆ Cesaire, Hannah Arendt, Sara Ahmed, and W. E. B. Du Bois to reveal how cinema depicts ordinary people enacting their own philosophies of defiance.
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VĆclav Havelās concept of āliving within the truthā in an authoritarian regime frames Marguerite La Cazeās readings of international cinema, highlighting forms of resistance in which seemingly pre- or nonpolitical aspects of lifeāsuch as professional labor, exile, and truth tellingācan be recognized as political when seen against a backdrop of general acquiescence. La Cazeās case studies cross genres, historical eras, and national contexts: the apartheid regime in South Africa, in A Dry White Season; post-Suharto Indonesia, in The Look of Silence; 1980s East Germany, in Barbara; the Chilean military dictatorship, in No; contemporary Iran, in A Separation; and current-day Saudi Arabia, in Wadjda. This book explores the filmsā use of image, sound, narrative, and character in dialogue with the work of Simone de Beauvoir, AimĆ Cesaire, Hannah Arendt, Sara Ahmed, and W. E. B. Du Bois to reveal how cinema depicts ordinary people enacting their own philosophies of defiance.
