MLCS475 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Walter Benjamin, Psychosexual Development, Melodrama

• School: University of Alberta
• Department: Modern Languages and Cultural Studies
• Course: MLCS475
• Professor: carriesmithprei

Document Summary

The nation and cinema are linked through: national identity, gender construction, representation of sexuality, politics (law), values, religion, normativity within borders, production location dictates body politics, economic factors, historical factors, technology. Cinema: contributes to an imagined community (benedict anderson) national, transnational, ethnic, sexual, political communities etc could depict ideals, functions as a hybrid phenomenon and transgressive force (sabine hacke, german national. Hybrid: hybrid of the senses; it manipulates time, space; technological aspects are apparent, even if its trying to be hidden (editing, framing etc) Transgressive force: lots of boundaries are transgressed boundary between you and the screen boundary can be transgressed through melodrama, emotion. It can transgress cultural boundaries and make people more accepting of normalized images on the screen. Its also not a transgressive force it can emphasize our beliefs. Transgression is also not always a good thing especially in pornography. Cinematic sexuality: builds//reflects/subverts that imagined community, crosses boundaries, forges intimacy + produces affect .