02773nam 22005774a 450 991078505940332120230725023701.00-8173-8351-4(CKB)2670000000030190(EBL)547657(OCoLC)648711531(SSID)ssj0000458245(PQKBManifestationID)11329097(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000458245(PQKBWorkID)10438562(PQKB)11129639(MiAaPQ)EBC547657(MdBmJHUP)muse9139(Au-PeEL)EBL547657(CaPaEBR)ebr10408278(EXLCZ)99267000000003019020090814d2010 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrFriendship fictions[electronic resource] the rhetoric of citizenship in the liberal imaginary /Michael A. KaplanTuscaloosa University of Alabama Press20101 online resource (274 p.)Rhetoric, culture, and social critiqueDescription based upon print version of record.0-8173-5938-9 0-8173-1689-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.Imagining citizenship as friendship -- friendship and the politics of community: The big chill -- Friendship, rebel-citizenship, and the feminist critique of liberalism: Thelma & Louise -- Liberalism, friendship, and the predicament of cybernetic sociality: Lost in translation -- Race, friendship, and the speculative politics of infinite debt: Smoke -- Conclusion: the friendship supplement and the rule of allegory. A criticism often leveled at liberal democratic culture is its emphasis on the individual over community and private life over civic participation. However, liberal democratic culture has a more complicated relationship to notions of citizenship. As Michael Kaplan shows, citizenship comprises a major theme of popular entertainment, especially Hollywood film, and often takes the form of friendship narratives; and this is no accident. Examining the representations of citizenship-as-friendship in four Hollywood films (The Big Chill, Thelma & Louise, Lost in TranslationRhetoric, culture, and social critique.Citizenship in motion picturesFriendship in motion picturesCitizenship in motion pictures.Friendship in motion pictures.791.43/653Kaplan Michael A.1966-1478514MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910785059403321Friendship fictions3694187UNINA