Jason Sperb
Biographic Data
| ID | 1356166 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jason Sperb |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jason |
| FAMILY NAME | Sperb |
| SIGNATURE | SPERB J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Indiana University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The End of Detropia
From Nihilism to Nostalgia
Blackfish is a key entry into the “nature” documentary genre, highlighting the tension between sentimentalizing and fearing wildlife. While such tensions are usually contained within the “violent thrills” of most documentaries, Blackfish's conflicted attitude toward the captive orcas raises this tension in ways that the movie's emotional ending fails to alleviate
Removing the Experience
This article articulates how American Splendor's filmmakers deploy postmodernity and the seemingly antithetical logic of the simulacrum as the central means of documenting the real-life experiences of Harvey Pekar. Paradoxically, the film also attempts to reveal how these experiences necessarily continue to exist outside the simulacrum, in an affective realm
Take a Frown, Turn It Upside Down
Take a Frown, Turn It Upside Down
From Nihilism to Nostalgia
Blackfish is a key entry into the “nature” documentary genre, highlighting the tension between sentimentalizing and fearing wildlife. While such tensions are usually contained within the “violent thrills” of most documentaries, Blackfish's conflicted attitude toward the captive orcas raises this tension in ways that the movie's emotional ending fails to alleviate
Removing the Experience
This article articulates how American Splendor's filmmakers deploy postmodernity and the seemingly antithetical logic of the simulacrum as the central means of documenting the real-life experiences of Harvey Pekar. Paradoxically, the film also attempts to reveal how these experiences necessarily continue to exist outside the simulacrum, in an affective realm
Take a Frown, Turn It Upside Down
Removing the Experience
This article articulates how American Splendor's filmmakers deploy postmodernity and the seemingly antithetical logic of the simulacrum as the central means of documenting the real-life experiences of Harvey Pekar. Paradoxically, the film also attempts to reveal how these experiences necessarily continue to exist outside the simulacrum, in an affective realm
The End of Detropia
From Nihilism to Nostalgia
Blackfish is a key entry into the “nature” documentary genre, highlighting the tension between sentimentalizing and fearing wildlife. While such tensions are usually contained within the “violent thrills” of most documentaries, Blackfish's conflicted attitude toward the captive orcas raises this tension in ways that the movie's emotional ending fails to alleviate
Art (4 works) · Literature (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Aesthetics (2 works) · Cinema and Media Studies (2 works) · Citation (2 works) · History (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Media studies (2 works)