With the ascendancy of neoliberalism in American culture beginning
in the 1960s, the political structures governing private lives
became more opaque and obscure. Neoliberal Nonfictions argues that
a new style of documentary art emerged to articulate the fissures
between individual experience and reality in the era of finance
capitalism. In this wide-ranging study, Daniel Worden touches on
issues ranging from urban poverty and criminal justice to
environmental collapse and international politics. He examines the
impact of local struggles and global markets on music, from D. A.
Pennebaker's infamous Dylan documentary Dont Look Back to Kendrick
Lamar's breakthrough album Good Kid, M.A.A.D. City. He details the
emergence of the hustler as an icon of neoliberal individualism in
Jay-Z's autobiography Decoded, Alex Haley's Autobiography of Malcom
X, and Hunter S. Thompson's "gonzo" journalism. He looks at how
contemporary works such as Maggie Nelson's memoir The Red Parts and
Taryn Simon's photography series The Innocents challenge the moral
simplifications of traditional true crime writing. In his
conclusion, he explores the dominance of memoir as a literary mode
in the neoliberal era, particularly focusing on works by Joan
Didion and Dave Eggers. Documentary has become the aesthetic of our
age, harnessing the irreconcilable distance between individual and
society as a site for aesthetic experimentation across media, from
journalism and photography to memoir, music, and film. Both a
symptom of and a response to the emergence of economic
neoliberalism, the documentary aesthetic is central to how we
understand ourselves and our world today.
General
Imprint: |
University of Virginia Press
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Series: |
Cultural Frames, Framing Culture |
Release date: |
May 2020 |
Authors: |
Daniel Worden
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Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 16mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
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Pages: |
200 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-8139-4416-6 |
Categories: |
Books >
Social sciences >
General
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LSN: |
0-8139-4416-3 |
Barcode: |
9780813944166 |
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