{"product_id":"friendship-fictions-the-rhetoric-of-citizenship-in-the-liberal-imaginary-paperback-softback-9780817359386","title":"Friendship Fictions; The Rhetoric of Citizenship in the Liberal Imaginary (Paperback \/ softback) 9780817359386","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eFriendship Fictions\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe Rhetoric of Citizenship in the Liberal Imaginary\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMichael A. Kaplan (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780817359386\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 11 December 2018\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e268 pages, 3 black \u0026amp; white figures\u003cbr\u003e22.6 x 14.9 x 2 cm, 0.412 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIn film criticism, identifying the rhetor or the rhetor's intent can be difficult, but Kaplan accomplishes the task. Extensive endnotes offer both citations and substantive extensions of Kaplan's ideas.\"\" - \u003ci\u003eCHOICE\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\"[This book] takes on a major theme in modern democratic theory, offering an engaging argument that the widely acknowledged flaws of liberal democracy offer 'rhetorical features that function as productive cultural and political resources.' Kaplan demonstrates how this works in close examinations of four popular films. It seems to me that Kaplan's work will itself prove to be highly productive, both for the theoretical claims he advances and for the model of rhetorical analysis he offers.\"\" - Thomas W. Benson, editor of \u003ci\u003eAmerican Rhetoric: Context and Criticism\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\"\u003ci\u003eFriendship Fictions\u003c\/i\u003e offers at once a sustained, complex, and nuanced critique of the trope of 'friendship' as a marker of citizenship in contemporary liberalism with an eye to how it is manifestly alive in the public culture of popular cinema. This is a book that speaks to cutting edge problems in the contemporary study of rhetoric and public culture.\"\" - John Louis Lucaites, coauthor of \u003ci\u003eNo Caption Needed: Iconic Photographs, Public Culture, and Liberal Democracy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eFriendship serves as a metaphor for citizenship and mirrors the individual's participation in civic life. \u003ci\u003eFriendship Fictions\u003c\/i\u003e unravels key implications of this metaphor and demonstrates how it can transform liberal culture into a more just and democratic way of life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 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 (\u003ci\u003eThe Big Chill\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThelma \u0026amp; Louise\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLost in Translation\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eSmoke\u003c\/i\u003e), Kaplan argues that critics have misunderstood some of liberal democracy's most significant features: its resilience, its capacity for self-revision, and the cultural resonance of its model of citizenship. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor Kaplan, friendship—with its dynamic pacts, fluid alliances, and contingent communities—is one arena in which preconceptions about individual participation in civic life are contested and complicated. Friendship serves as a metaphor for citizenship and mirrors the individual's participation in civic life. \u003ci\u003eFriendship Fictions\u003c\/i\u003e unravels key implications of this metaphor and demonstrates how it can transform liberal culture into a more just and democratic way of life.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduction: Rhetoricizing Liberalism\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1. Imagining Citizenship as Friendship\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2. Friendship and the Politics of Community: \u003ci\u003eThe Big Chill\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e3. Friendship, Rebel-Citizenship, and the Feminist Critique of Liberalism: \u003ci\u003eThelma \u0026amp;\u003cbr\u003e Louise\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e4. Liberalism, Friendship, and the Predicament of Cybernetic Sociality: \u003ci\u003eLost in Translation\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e5. Race, Friendship, and the Speculative Politics of Infinite Debt: \u003ci\u003eSmoke\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eConclusion: The Friendship Supplement and the Rule of Allegory\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNotes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndex\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"The University of Alabama Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52574398480664,"sku":"9780817359386","price":21.56,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/friendship-fictions-the-rhetoric-of-citizenship-in-the-liberal-imaginary-paperback-softback-9780817359386","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}