{"product_id":"9783030281786","title":"Theorizing Stupid Media: De-Naturalizing Story Structures in the Cinematic, Televisual, and Videogames","description":"\u003ch1\u003eTheorizing Stupid Media: De-Naturalizing Story Structures in the Cinematic, Televisual, and Videogames\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eKerner, Aaron; Hoxter, Julian\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book explores the stupid as it manifests in media—the cinema, television and streamed content, and videogames. The stupid is theorized not as a pejorative term but to address media that “fails” to conform to established narrative conventions, often surfacing at evolutionary moments. The \u003ci\u003eTransformers\u003c\/i\u003e franchise is often dismissed as being stupid because its stylistic vernacular privileges kinetic qualities over conventional narration. Similarly, the stupid is often present in genre fails like \u003ci\u003emother!\u003c\/i\u003e, or in instances of narrative dissonance—joyously in \u003ci\u003eAdventure Time\u003c\/i\u003e; more controversially in \u003ci\u003eGone Home\u003c\/i\u003e— where a story “feels off” It also manifests in “ludonarrative dissonance” when gameplay and narrative seemingly run counter to one another in videogames like \u003ci\u003eUndertale\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBioshock\u003c\/i\u003e. This book is addressed to those interested in media that is quirky, spectacle-driven, or generally hard to place—stupid!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Palgrave Macmillan\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 2020-11-14\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9783030281786\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1007\/978-3-030-28176-2\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 210cm x148cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 227\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Springer International Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45441196949644,"sku":"9783030281786","price":49.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9783030281786.jpg?v=1776787855","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9783030281786","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}