{"product_id":"friendship-fictions-michael-a-kaplan-9780817359386","title":"Friendship Fictions: The Rhetoric of Citizenship in the Liberal Imaginary","description":"\u003cb\u003eFriendship serves as a metaphor for citizenship and mirrors the individual's participation in civic life. \u003ci\u003eFriendship Fictions\u003c\/i\u003e unravels key implications of this metaphor and demonstrates how it can transform liberal culture into a more just and democratic way of life.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A criticism often leveled at liberal democratic culture is its emphasis on the individual over community and private life over civic participation. However, liberal democratic culture has a more complicated relationship to notions of citizenship. As Michael Kaplan shows, citizenship comprises a major theme of popular entertainment, especially Hollywood film, and often takes the form of friendship narratives; and this is no accident. Examining the representations of citizenship-as-friendship in four Hollywood films (\u003ci\u003eThe Big Chill\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThelma \u0026amp; Louise\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLost in Translation\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eSmoke\u003c\/i\u003e), Kaplan argues that critics have misunderstood some of liberal democracy's most significant features: its resilience, its capacity for self-revision, and the cultural resonance of its model of citizenship. For Kaplan, friendship--with its dynamic pacts, fluid alliances, and contingent communities--is one arena in which preconceptions about individual participation in civic life are contested and complicated. Friendship serves as a metaphor for citizenship and mirrors the individual's participation in civic life. \u003ci\u003eFriendship Fictions\u003c\/i\u003e unravels key implications of this metaphor and demonstrates how it can transform liberal culture into a more just and democratic way of life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Michael A. Kaplan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0817359389\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780817359386\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University Alabama Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/11\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 268\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.80d","brand":"Michael A. Kaplan","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49096757739775,"sku":"9780817359386","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/friendship-fictions-michael-a-kaplan-9780817359386","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}