Theorizing Stupid Media De-Naturalizing Story Structures in the Cine
This book explores the stupid as it manifests in media—the cinema, television and streamed content, and videogames. The stupid is theorized as media that “fails” to conform to established narrative conventions, often surfacing at evolutionary moments. Eac
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Theorizing Stupid Media
Aaron Kerner • Julian Hoxter
Theorizing Stupid Media De-Naturalizing Story Structures in the Cinematic, Televisual, and Videogames
Aaron Kerner School of Cinema San Francisco State University San Francisco, CA, USA
Julian Hoxter School of Cinema San Francisco State University San Francisco, CA, USA
ISBN 978-3-030-28175-5 ISBN 978-3-030-28176-2 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-28176-2 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Cover illustration: Giuseppe Ramos / Alamy Stock Vector This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by the registered company Springer Nature Switzerland AG. The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland
Preface
The current volume steeped for many years—Kerner thinks it has been about 10 years, Hoxter remembers it being something a little less than that. Whatever the case is we have been discussing this project, bouncing ideas back and forth, for many years. To begin with, we thought we were focusing on spectacle-driven films, and how that generally harkened back to the cinema of attractions. However, over many beers and conversations (often at our local bar the Little Shamrock in San Francisco), we began to think in broader terms. In earlier iterations, the book was divided into larger sections: Extreme, Explicit, and Everyday. And under these headings, we imagined individual case studies. That too went by the wayside. Nevertheless, all these nascent ideas are present in the sinews of the present volume. The stupid, as an idea, though, was probably with the conception of this book from the very start. It took us years to figure out, though, what we actually meant by the stupid. (And we are not sure if all those beers hel
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