INI100H1 Lecture Notes - Fredric Jameson, Gay Liberation, Identity Politics
25 Apr 2013
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So far, we have covered the classical film, the art film and the radical film. All these types of films can be related to a certain art movement (classicism, modernism, political modernism and postmodernism). Thinkers from all disciplinary quarters have linked the postmodern film to the. Loss of faith in certain philosophical traditions. Social movement political and identity politics (civil rights, gay liberation movement, women"s liberation movement) Enormous demographic shifts (population explosion, baby boom movement) The rise of multinational capitalism (has created an international division of labor. First world nations have become service economies and third world countries serve as the locus for industrial production) The rapid development and ongoing integration of different media (television, the internet) The proliferation of screens (today, we are surrounded by television screens with more visual information than we could ever possibly want) Today, we live in a state of utter media saturation.
