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Orgies of feeling, melodrama and the politics of freedom, Elisabeth R. Anker

Label
Orgies of feeling, melodrama and the politics of freedom, Elisabeth R. Anker
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Orgies of feeling
Nature of contents
dictionariesbibliography
Responsibility statement
Elisabeth R. Anker
Sub title
melodrama and the politics of freedom
Table Of Contents
Introduction: melodrama and the politics of freedom -- The venomous eye: melodrama, media, and national identity after 9/11 -- The melodramatic style of American politics: a transnational history -- Felt legitimacy: victimization and affect in the expansion of state power -- Orgies of feeling: terror, agency, and the failure of the (neo)liberal individual -- Heroic identifications; or, you can love me too -- I am so like the state -- Left melodrama -- Conclusion. melodramas of failed sovereignty: the War on Terror as a women's weepie