Culture control critique : allegories of reading the present /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Beckman, Frida (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	London ; New York : Rowman & Littlefield International, [2016]
Series:	Critical perspectives on theory, culture and politics.
Subjects:	Allegories. English fiction > 20th century > History and criticism. Motion pictures > Political aspects > History and criticism.

Table of Contents:

Introduction
Culture, control, critique. Cultural critique from the Frankfurt School until today
Formalism, allegory, totality. Allegory and representation
Allegory and the present
Space, allegory, control. Spatial preoccupations
Celebrating ruins: The drowned world, The drought, The crystal world
Filling the gaps: Crash, Concrete island, High rise
Coming into allegory: Cocaine nights, Super-Cannes, Millennium people, Kingdom come
Totalities, allegories and revolutions
Cultural critique and form
Time, allegory, control. Timely preoccupations
In and out of time: "Chronopolis" and in time
Cultural critique and form
Vision, allegory, control. Visual preoccupations
bread and circuses: The hunger games
Cultural critique and form
Conclusion.