The Rhetoric of Citizenship in the Liberal Imaginary
The Rhetoric of Citizenship in the Liberal Imaginary
Examining the representations of citizenship-as-friendship in four films--The Big Chill, Thelma & Louise, Lost in Translation and Smoke--the author argues that critics have misunderstood liberal democracy's resilience and capacity for self-revision and the cultural resonance of its model of citizenship.
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A criticism often leveled at liberal democratic culture is its emphasis on the individual over community and private life over civic participation. The author shows that citizenship comprises a major theme of popular entertainment, especially Hollywood film, and often takes the form of friendship narratives; and this is no accident.
