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Trauma and Disability in Mad Max


Trauma and Disability in Mad Max

Beyond the Road Warrior's Fury

von: Mick Broderick, Katie Ellis

58,84 €

Verlag: Palgrave Pivot
Format: PDF
Veröffentl.: 27.08.2019
ISBN/EAN: 9783030194390
Sprache: englisch

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<div>This book explores the inter-relationship of disability and trauma in the <i>Mad Max</i> films (1979-2015).&nbsp;George Miller’s long-running series is replete with narratives and imagery of trauma, both physical and emotional, along with&nbsp;major and minor&nbsp;characters who are prominently disabled. The <i>Mad Max</i> movies foreground representations of the body – in devastating injury and its lasting effects – and in the broader social and historical contexts of trauma, disability, gender and myth.<br>Over the franchise’s four-decade span significant social and cultural change has occurred globally. Many of the images of disability and trauma central to Max’s post-apocalyptic wasteland can be seen to represent these societal shifts, incorporating both decline <i>and</i> rejuvenation. These shifts include concerns with social, economic and political disintegration under late capitalism, projections of survival after nuclear war, and the impact of anthropogenic climate change.<br>Drawing on screen production processes, textual analysis and reception studies this book interrogates the role of these representations of disability, trauma, gender and myth to offer an in-depth cultural analysis of the social critiques evident within the fantasies of <i>Mad Max.</i></div><div><br></div>
Introduction.- 1. Trauma.- 2. Disability.- 3.Gender.- 4. Mythology.- 5. Fandom.- Conclusion.
<p><b>Mick Broderick</b>&nbsp;is Associate Professor of Media Analysis at Murdoch University, Australia. His major publications include&nbsp;<i>The Kubrick Legacy</i>&nbsp;(2019),&nbsp;<i>Reconstructing Strangelove: inside Stanley Kubrick’s ‘nightmare comedy’</i>(2017), editions of the reference work&nbsp;<i>Nuclear Movies</i>&nbsp;(1988, 1991) and as editor or co-editor,&nbsp;<i>Hibakusha Cinema</i>(1996, 1999, 2014),&nbsp;<i>Interrogating Trauma</i>&nbsp;(2010) and&nbsp;<i>Trauma, Media, Art: New Perspectives</i>&nbsp;(2011).</p><b>Katie Ellis</b>&nbsp;is Associate Professor in Internet Studies and Director of the Centre for Culture and Technology at Curtin University, Australia. Her research is located at the intersection of media access and representation. She is the author or editor of 20 books on the topic of disability, the media and popular culture including most recently<i>Disability and Digital Television Cultures</i>&nbsp;(2019).<br>
<div><p>“The <i>Mad Max</i>&nbsp;films have been understood from numerous perspectives, from auteurism to national cinema to action adventure to gender to science fiction to dystopia. Mick Broderick and Katie Ellis have surpassed that literature with this exciting and profound work. <i>Trauma and Disability</i>&nbsp;is more than a new optic through which to view a storied series; it is a challenge to film studies and cultural analysis more broadly to wake up, smell the burning guzzoline, and rethink&nbsp;normativity.”<br>— <b>Professor Toby Miller</b>, Loughborough University London, UK</p><div>“<i>Mad Max</i>&nbsp;is more relevant today than ever, with climate change destroying the Earth and many despot leaders worldwide. Broderick&nbsp;and&nbsp;Ellis critique the&nbsp;imagery of trauma within the films and focus attention on the many narratives involving disabled characters. Their explication of representations of bodies, disabled and nondisabled, makes a significant contribution toour understanding of multiple&nbsp;<i>Mad Max</i>&nbsp;films, specifically, and popular culture, generally.”&nbsp;<br>—<b> Professor Beth Haller</b>, Towson University, USA<b>&nbsp;<br><br></b></div></div>This book explores the inter-relationship of disability and trauma in the&nbsp;<i>Mad Max</i>&nbsp;films (1979-2015).&nbsp;George Miller’s long-running series is replete with narratives and imagery of trauma, both physical and emotional, along with&nbsp;major and minor&nbsp;characters who are prominently disabled. The&nbsp;<i>Mad Max</i>&nbsp;movies foreground representations of the body – in devastating injury and its lasting effects – and in the broader social and historical contexts of trauma, disability, gender and myth.<br>Over the franchise’s four-decade span significant social and cultural change has occurred globally. Many of the images of disability and trauma central to Max’s post-apocalyptic wasteland can be seen to represent these societal shifts, incorporating both decline&nbsp;<i>and</i>&nbsp;rejuvenation. These shifts include concerns with social, economic and political disintegration under late capitalism, projections of survival after nuclear war, and the impact of anthropogenic climate change.<br>Drawing on screen production processes, textual analysis and reception studies this book interrogates the role of these representations of disability, trauma, gender and myth to offer an in-depth cultural analysis of the social critiques evident within the fantasies of&nbsp;<i>Mad Max.</i><div><p><b>Mick Broderick</b> is Associate Professor of Media Analysis at Murdoch University, Australia.&nbsp;</p>

<b>Katie Ellis</b> is Associate Professor in Internet Studies and Director of the Centre for Culture and Technology at Curtin University, Australia.&nbsp;<i><br></i></div>
Closes a significant gap in disability and trauma studies Highlights the importance of trauma in shaping experiences of disability Adds depth and nuance to disability-based media analysis which has tended to focus on subjective notions of positive/negative representation as opposed to the media’s role in social and cultural critique

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