Jack Rutherford
Biographic Data
| ID | 4996479 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jack Rutherford |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jack |
| FAMILY NAME | Rutherford |
| SIGNATURE | RUTHERFORD J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Essex |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9726-1490 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
The proposition (Hillcoat 2005)
This article examines The Proposition (2005), directed by John Hillcoat and written by Nick Cave, as a spectral Western that reanimates rather than resolves the colonial foundations of the settler state. It argues that the film's formal and thematic architecture—its recursive temporality, oppressive landscape, and unsettling sound design—renders history not as a closed chapter but as an ongoing wound. Positioned within the cultural aftershocks of…
Cinematic Comanches
Book review
Standing Rock and its Ancestors
This article considers the documentary film, Taking Alcatraz (John Ferry, 2015), in the context of US-Indigenous history. The documentary form presents alternative ideas and futures beyond those dominant in the US imagination and run counter to stereotypical representations of Native Americans found in the Western genre. The 1969 Occupation of Alcatraz can be seen as part of a history of political dissent by Indigenous peoples whilst the (mediate…
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Standing Rock and its Ancestors
This article considers the documentary film, Taking Alcatraz (John Ferry, 2015), in the context of US-Indigenous history. The documentary form presents alternative ideas and futures beyond those dominant in the US imagination and run counter to stereotypical representations of Native Americans found in the Western genre. The 1969 Occupation of Alcatraz can be seen as part of a history of political dissent by Indigenous peoples whilst the (mediate…
Cinematic Comanches
Book review
The proposition (Hillcoat 2005)
This article examines The Proposition (2005), directed by John Hillcoat and written by Nick Cave, as a spectral Western that reanimates rather than resolves the colonial foundations of the settler state. It argues that the film's formal and thematic architecture—its recursive temporality, oppressive landscape, and unsettling sound design—renders history not as a closed chapter but as an ongoing wound. Positioned within the cultural aftershocks of…
History (2 works) · Archaeology (1 work) · Art (1 work) · Caribbean and African Literature and Culture (1 work) · Caribbean history, culture, and politics (1 work) · Cinema and Media Studies (1 work) · Colonial rule (1 work) · Colonialism (1 work) · Colonialism, slavery, and trade (1 work) · Gender Studies (1 work)