Emotional Ethics of The Hunger Games expands the 'ethical turn' in
Film Studies by analysing emotions as a source of ethical knowledge
in The Hunger Games films. It argues that emotions, incorporated in
the thematic and aesthetic organization of these films, reflect a
crisis in moral standards. As such they cultivate ethical attitudes
towards such phenomena as totalitarianism, the culture of reality
television, and the society of spectacle. The focus of the argument
is on cinematic aesthetics, which expresses emotions in a way that
highlights their ethical significance, running the gamut from fear
through guilt and shame, to love, anger and contempt. The central
claim of the book is that these emotions are symptomatic of some
moral conflict, which renders The Hunger Games franchise a
meaningful commentary on the affective practice of cinematic
ethics. ''The Hunger Games movies have become iconic symbols for
resistance across the globe. Tarja Laine proposes that this is not
caused by their status as exciting cinematic spectacles, but by
their engaging our emotions. Laine uses The Hunger Games as key
texts for understanding our world, demonstrating that ethics do not
originate from rational considerations, far removed from those
mucky things called emotions. But rather that emotions are at the
core of cinematic ethics." -William Brown, Author of Supercinema:
Film-Philosophy for the Digital Age ''In this elegantly written
exploration of the relationship between aesthetics and emotion in
The Hunger Gamestrilogy, Tarja Laine illuminates the power of film
to embody ethical conflict. Deftly interweaving film-philosophy and
close analysis, Laine traces how these films mobilise complex
emotions, nuancing our thinking about cinema and the spectator.
Laine's book takes The Hunger Games films seriously, demonstrating
with verve why they matter." -Catherine Wheatley, Senior Lecturer
in Film Studies, King's College London, UK ''In this fresh,
engaging, and insightful study of The Hunger Games film trilogy,
Tarja Laine explores the crucial role that emotions play in
appreciation of the ethical qualities of the movies. She forges
productive dialogues between a range of film theory, scholarship on
moral philosophy, and debates on ethics, as she performs a
multi-layered investigation of the aesthetic qualities of the
trilogy, the multiple emotions embodied in these qualities, and the
philosophical-ethical insights that are in turn embedded in these
emotions. The cinematic connection between emotions and ethics that
emerges through Laine's detailed textual analyses confronts us with
complex moral dilemmas while enriching our aesthetic experience.''
-Sarah Cooper, Professor, Film Studies Department, King's College
London, UK
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