Contemporary Hollywood Cinema and Shock Effect: How Does Image Represent Neoliberalism?

• Project/Area Number: 24520318
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Literature in English
• Research Institution: Waseda University
• Principal Investigator: Yoshimoto Mitsuhiro 早稲田大学, 国際学術院, 教授 (80596833)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2015)
• Budget Amount: ¥4,810,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,110,000); Fiscal Year 2014: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000); Fiscal Year 2013: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000); Fiscal Year 2012: ¥2,600,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥600,000)
• Keywords: ハリウッド / アメリカ研究 / 映画研究 / スペクタクル / ショック効果 / 新自由主義 / ハリウッド映画 / ショック / ネオリベラリズム / 暴力 / 正義 / 偶然 / アメリカ / 偽善

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The purpose of this project is to examine contemporary Hollywood cinema in relation to neoliberalism and global capitalism. It specifically focuses on audio-visual spectacle and shock effect, and tries to answer the following questions. How are they created for what purpose? Is it possible to see any connection between cinematic shock effect and neoliberal “shock doctrine”? What can they tell us about the state of media environment or media ecology in the age of global capitalism?

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Cinematic Repetition and Neoliberal Subjectivity (2016)
  • Author(s): Mitsuhiro Yoshimoto
  • Journal Title: Transcommunication Volume: 3-1 Pages: 123-135
  • NAID: 120005742096
  • Open Access / Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Journal Article] Cinematic Space and Time in the Age of Neoliberalism (2014)
  • Author(s): Mitsuhiro Yoshimoto
  • Journal Title: Transcommunication Volume: 2 Pages: 23-37
  • NAID: 120005671464
  • Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Journal Article] キャプテン・アメリカ、あるいはグローバル資本主義と自己言及化するスーパーヒーロー・ジャンル (2014)
  • Author(s): 吉本光宏
  • Journal Title: ユリイカ Volume: 46 Pages: 85-91
• [Journal Article] A Future of Comparative Film Studies (2013)
  • Author(s): Mitsuhiro Yoshimoto
  • Journal Title: Inter-Asia Cultural Studies Volume: 14 Pages: 54-61
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] 嘘の時代 (2012)
  • Author(s): 吉本光宏
  • Journal Title: ユリイカ Volume: 44 Pages: 94-101
• [Presentation] Cinema and Neoliberal Subjectivity (2015)
  • Author(s): Mitsuhiro Yoshimoto
  • Organizer: Neoliberalism and Visuality Symposium
  • Place of Presentation: 早稲田大学
  • Year and Date: 2015-12-19
• [Presentation] There Is No Alternative?: Dystopia of Capitalism in Contemporary Hollywood Cinema (2015)
  • Author(s): Mitsuhiro Yoshimoto
  • Organizer: American Cultures Workshop
  • Place of Presentation: シドニー大学
  • Year and Date: 2015-05-13
• [Presentation] There Is No Alternative?: Dystopia of Capitalism in Contemporary Hollywood Cinema (2015)
  • Author(s): Mitsuhiro Yoshimoto
  • Organizer: University of Sydney American Cultures Workshop
  • Place of Presentation: University of Sydney
  • Year and Date: 2015-05-13
  • Invited
• [Presentation] Radiation, Spectacle, and the Invisible Everyday (2013)
  • Author(s): Mitsuhiro Yoshimoto
  • Organizer: Yonsei University's Japanese Speaker's Series
  • Place of Presentation: Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea
  • Invited
• [Book] 陰謀のスペクタクル―覚醒をめぐる映画論的考察 (2012)
  • Author(s): 吉本光宏
  • Total Pages: 281
  • Publisher: 以文社