Steven Marsh
Biographic Data
| ID | 6722292 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Steven Marsh |
| GIVEN NAMES | Steven |
| FAMILY NAME | Marsh |
| SIGNATURE | MARSH S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Illinois Chicago |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7007-4759 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1999 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Erin Graff Zivin, Anarchaeologies: Reading as Misreading
Art and Class Struggle
What do we need to know about “art” or “class struggle” before considering their relation to one another? Could you describe a specific work or text that might serve as an illustration of class struggle or as an exploration of the problem of representing it? Let us say that visual art, broadly speaking, does express the worldview of the dominant class. What kind of art then expresses the worldview of, say, hedge fund managers? Does the dialectic …
Revisiting the gaze in films by two women directors
This article is an intervention in a debate within film studies over the concept of the “gaze”. Under the influence of 1960s and 1970s “apparatus” theory and particularly feminist thinkers of film like Laura Mulvey, the gaze has long been considered a key element in the consolidation of dominant ideology, particularly regarding the construction of gender identities. However, since the 1990s certain thinkers – namely Joan Copjec and Todd McGowan –…
Humor as part of a life philosophy: A look at Yeh Hai-Yen’s interpretation of the Zhuangzi
Retrospective future perfect: History, black holes and time warps in the films of Los Hijos and Luis López Carrasco
This article analyzes the “imperfect” cinema of the Madrid-based filmmaking collective Los Hijos and the individual work of one of their members, Luis López Carrasco. Focusing primarily on disrupted and disruptive temporalities, it argues that filmic materiality and its evolution are key factors in the political critique to which these pieces point. Drawing upon the work of Jacques Derrida and J. Hillis Miller on aporia, the essay maintains that …
The Pueblo Travestied in Fernán Gómez's El extraño viaje (1964)
The Pueblo Travestied in Fernán Gómez's El extraño viaje (1964)
This article analyses Fernando Fernán Gómez's neglected masterpiece El extraño viaje (1964) as a comic movie. Through its close reading of the film, it argues that non-discursive material, such as music, food and particularly dress or costume, helps to destabilize both cherished notions of national space and its corresponding tendency towards generic classification. It maintains that nationally specific terms like esperpento, often applied to the…
Interrogations of justice: The case of Baltasar Garzón
Enemies of the patria: Fools, cranks and tricksters in the film comedies of jerónimo Mihura
Enemies of the patria: Fools, cranks and tricksters in the film comedies of jerónimo Mihura
Interrogations of justice: The case of Baltasar Garzón
The Pueblo Travestied in Fernán Gómez's El extraño viaje (1964)
The Pueblo Travestied in Fernán Gómez's El extraño viaje (1964)
This article analyses Fernando Fernán Gómez's neglected masterpiece El extraño viaje (1964) as a comic movie. Through its close reading of the film, it argues that non-discursive material, such as music, food and particularly dress or costume, helps to destabilize both cherished notions of national space and its corresponding tendency towards generic classification. It maintains that nationally specific terms like esperpento, often applied to the…
Retrospective future perfect: History, black holes and time warps in the films of Los Hijos and Luis López Carrasco
This article analyzes the “imperfect” cinema of the Madrid-based filmmaking collective Los Hijos and the individual work of one of their members, Luis López Carrasco. Focusing primarily on disrupted and disruptive temporalities, it argues that filmic materiality and its evolution are key factors in the political critique to which these pieces point. Drawing upon the work of Jacques Derrida and J. Hillis Miller on aporia, the essay maintains that …
Humor as part of a life philosophy: A look at Yeh Hai-Yen’s interpretation of the Zhuangzi
Art and Class Struggle
What do we need to know about “art” or “class struggle” before considering their relation to one another? Could you describe a specific work or text that might serve as an illustration of class struggle or as an exploration of the problem of representing it? Let us say that visual art, broadly speaking, does express the worldview of the dominant class. What kind of art then expresses the worldview of, say, hedge fund managers? Does the dialectic …
Revisiting the gaze in films by two women directors
This article is an intervention in a debate within film studies over the concept of the “gaze”. Under the influence of 1960s and 1970s “apparatus” theory and particularly feminist thinkers of film like Laura Mulvey, the gaze has long been considered a key element in the consolidation of dominant ideology, particularly regarding the construction of gender identities. However, since the 1990s certain thinkers – namely Joan Copjec and Todd McGowan –…
Erin Graff Zivin, Anarchaeologies: Reading as Misreading
Art (8 works) · Aesthetics (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Philosophy (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Spanish Culture and Identity (5 works) · Cinema History and Criticism (4 works) · Epistemology (4 works) · Law (4 works)