{"product_id":"the-politics-of-insects-scott-wilson-9781623563394","title":"The Politics of Insects: David Cronenberg's Cinema of Confrontation","description":"\u003cp\u003eCanadian film director David Cronenberg has long been a figure of artistic acclaim and public controversy. Bursting into view with a trio of shocking horror films in the 1970s, Cronenberg's work has become increasingly complex in its sensibilities and inward-looking in its concerns and themes. This trajectory culminates in the multiplex successes of his most recent films, which appear to conclude a straightforward evolutionary arc that begins in the cold outside of shock-horror and arrives in the warm embrace of commercial and critical success. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eScott Wilson argues persuasively that Cronenberg's career can be divided into broad thematic stages and instead offers a complex examination of the relationship between three inter-related terms: the director as auteur; the industry that support or denies commercial opportunity; and the audience who receive, interpret and support (or decry) the vision represented on screen. \u003ci\u003eThe Politics of Insects\u003c\/i\u003e provides an opportunity to explore Cronenberg's films in relation to each other in terms of their thematic continuity, and in terms of their relationship to industrial concerns and audience responses.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Scott Wilson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1623563399\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781623563394\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Academic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/25\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.80d","brand":"Scott Wilson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46867086115071,"sku":"9781623563394","price":51.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_11710942-c429-4e59-8faf-8f012f0a82aa.jpg?v=1747453859","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-politics-of-insects-scott-wilson-9781623563394","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}