Finding Canada’s Place in Richard Weaver’s American Stereopticon
David Cronenberg’s Obscene Critique of the “Canadian Way of Life”
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8895678 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Douglas Jarvis (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 50 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 121-142 |
| Publication date | 2020-03-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Canadian Review of American Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0007-7720 • E-ISSN: 1710-114X |
| Publisher | University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.3138/cras.2019.009 |
| OpenAlex | W3014580022 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 5 |
Richard Weaver’s theory of the stereopticon can be described as the creation of false realities through artificially produced spectacles of sights and sounds. David Cronenberg’s early-career Canadian-themed horror films view the stereopticon as completely directing evolutionary human development. Weaver bemoaned the loss of a metaphysically grounded religious world view that could hold back the obscenity of the stereopticon. Alternatively, Cronenberg dissects the obscenity of the stereopticon according to its own form and content
Art · Art history · Epistemology · Literature · Metaphysics · Optics · Sight · Sociology · Gothic Literature and Media Analysis · Philosophy · Religious Studies and Spiritual Practices
| Highly cited | No |
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