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Article: Hail the Spectator: Embodiment, Injustice, and Film
| Title | Hail the Spectator: Embodiment, Injustice, and Film |
|---|---|
| Authors | |
| Issue Date | 2020 |
| Citation | Polemos: Journal of Law, Literature and Culture (Forthcoming) How to Cite? |
| Abstract | How does film move us into caring about injustice, and what role do the qualities specific to the medium play in the process? In this article, I provide an answer to these questions by building on ideas about embodied spectatorship from film studies. I argue that the haptic nature of certain cinematic images can trigger a sensuous, corporeal response to unjust acts and processes in their viewers, and thereby cultivate in them a commitment to justice. I will anchor my argument through a close reading of Wong Jing’s Hail the Judge, a Hong Kong comedy about a woman who is framed for the murder of her family. |
| Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/294077 |
| DC Field | Value | Language |
|---|---|---|
| dc.contributor.author | Wan, MMH | - |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2020-11-23T08:26:00Z | - |
| dc.date.available | 2020-11-23T08:26:00Z | - |
| dc.date.issued | 2020 | - |
| dc.identifier.citation | Polemos: Journal of Law, Literature and Culture (Forthcoming) | - |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/294077 | - |
| dc.description.abstract | How does film move us into caring about injustice, and what role do the qualities specific to the medium play in the process? In this article, I provide an answer to these questions by building on ideas about embodied spectatorship from film studies. I argue that the haptic nature of certain cinematic images can trigger a sensuous, corporeal response to unjust acts and processes in their viewers, and thereby cultivate in them a commitment to justice. I will anchor my argument through a close reading of Wong Jing’s Hail the Judge, a Hong Kong comedy about a woman who is framed for the murder of her family. | - |
| dc.language | eng | - |
| dc.relation.ispartof | Polemos: Journal of Law, Literature and Culture | - |
| dc.title | Hail the Spectator: Embodiment, Injustice, and Film | - |
| dc.type | Article | - |
| dc.identifier.email | Wan, MMH: mwan@hkucc.hku.hk | - |
| dc.identifier.authority | Wan, MMH=rp01272 | - |
| dc.identifier.hkuros | 319641 | - |