Screen Ethics and Global Politics

Contemporary Screen Ethics explores the ethical and sociopolitical dimensions of screen media across international contexts, including feminist ethics, human-nature relations, race, memory, rape culture, and digital visuality. The book brings together scholars from various continents to discuss screen media from around the world, analyzed through engagement with thinkers not typically thought of in screen ethics. It advocates for a decolonizing of thinking and highlights the need to understand our collective belonging to the planet in the face of the climate crisis.

Format: Hardback
Length: 256 pages
Publication date: 31 May 2021
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press

Contemporary Screen Ethics delves into the intricate interplay between ethical considerations and socio-political contexts across a diverse range of screen media,spanning different international settings. This comprehensive exploration encompasses a wide array of examples, including intersectional feminist ethics, the human/nature dichotomy in art installations and films, race and identity politics, the memory of traumatic historical events, rape culture in the film industry, and the digital visuality of virtual reality experiences. By incorporating scholars from various continents and engaging with thinkers not traditionally associated with screen ethics, the collection contributes to the decolonization of thinking and offers a fresh perspective on the global complexity and diversity of ethical issues within various screen media.

Care, decolonial feminism, ecology, histories of political violence, intersectionality, neoliberalism, race, and sexual and gendered violence are among the critical topics examined in Contemporary Screen Ethics. The collection advocates for a reevaluation of these ethical concerns within a broad spectrum of screen media, encompassing everything from Netflix movies to virtual reality experiences, Chinese romcoms to Brazilian pornochanchadas, documentaries to drone warfare, and Jordan Peele films to Google Earth. Through rigorous analysis, the collection exposes the ethical tensions between the inclusions and exclusions of global structural inequality, shedding light on the complex identities of the haves and the absences of the have-nots.

In conclusion, Contemporary Screen Ethics provides a valuable resource for scholars, researchers, and students interested in exploring the ethical dimensions of screen media in a global context. By broadening the scope of ethical inquiry and challenging traditional paradigms, the collection contributes to the decolonization of thinking and fosters a deeper understanding of the complex interplay between ethics, politics, and screen media.

Dimension: 234 x 156 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781474447584