Abstract: Theoretical investigations into the nature and function of ideology have been dominated for the past two decades by the work of Louis Althusser, indeed by one essay by the French marxist philosopher — ‘Ideology and Ideological State Apparatuses’.1 It is not my purpose here to rehearse the numerous critiques of Althusser’s position. I will concentrate instead on offering an alternative way of understanding the practical rhetorical operations of ideology (understood as those modes of experience that promote allegiance to systems of domination) and the political implications of the rhetoric of ideology as it operates in Hollywood film.
Publication Year: 1989
Publication Date: 1989-01-01
Language: en
Type: book-chapter
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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