Dictators, Movie Stars, and Martyrs: The Politics of Spectacle in Jessica Hagedorn’s Dogeaters

Dec. 1, 2002

“I am my little people’s star and slave.” – Imelda Marcos – Los Angeles Times, October 1980 “To the extent that necessity is socially dreamed, the dream becomes necessary. The spectacle is the nightmare of imprisoned modern society, which ultimately expresses nothing more than its desire to sleep. The spectacle...