Crowd Choreographies: Spike Lee's BlacKkKlansman (2018) and the Politics of (Post)Cinematic Assembly.

The article examines the role of crowds in early cinema and contemporary political discourse, particularly in relation to the aesthetic politics of films like Spike Lee's *BlacKkKlansman*. It discusses how historical crowd theories, influenced by figures like Gustave Le Bon and Sigmund Freud, shaped...

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Publicado en:Discourse: Journal for Theoretical Studies in Media & Culture Vol. 46; no. 2; pp. 208 - 228
Autor principal: Breger, Claudia
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Publicado: Wayne State University Press Spring2024
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