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Joshua Harold Wiebe

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Duke University Press @dukepress.bsky.social · 1d

"Filming Capital," a special issue of SAQ, examines how Marxism can be used to illuminate the problem of the visual representation of contemporary global capitalism. View the TOC and read the introduction, freely available: buff.ly/am3ZXVx

Cover of The South Atlantic Quarterly, Volume 124, Number 4, October 2025. Features the theme “Filming Capital” with minimalist artwork showing a black square and a tilted red square on a white background against a black and red layout.

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Joshua Harold Wiebe @joshuaharoldwiebe.bsky.social · 2d

wow this rules

Joshua Harold Wiebe @joshuaharoldwiebe.bsky.social · 3d

opening with a eugene debs' quote, damn

Joshua Harold Wiebe @joshuaharoldwiebe.bsky.social · 3d

... so jealous

Philip Bump @pbump.com · 3d

I'm mad. Please put in the newspaper that I'm mad.

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Patrick Marshall @patalexmarsh.bsky.social · 3d

Hello Bluesky,

Excited and grateful to be part of this fabulous issue of SAQ. Thank you @joshuaharoldwiebe.bsky.social and @pietrobianch1.bsky.social !!

www.dukeupress.edu/filming-capi...

Filming Capital

www.dukeupress.edu

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Joshua Harold Wiebe @joshuaharoldwiebe.bsky.social · 4d

This post is a jumpscare on my timeline.

Joshua Harold Wiebe @joshuaharoldwiebe.bsky.social · 4d

and if you weren't enticed already, here's the TOC

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Joshua Harold Wiebe @joshuaharoldwiebe.bsky.social · 5d

the thing about the blue jays and the dodgers is that they "each gradually located a different karmic thermal… watching the other glide away into different fates. Does it ever end? Of course it does. It did."

Joshua Harold Wiebe @joshuaharoldwiebe.bsky.social · 5d

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Anna Kornbluh @annakornbluh.bsky.social · 5d

it's here!

FILMING CAPITAL

special issue of SAQ

"Visual and film studies provide a distinctive lens through which to unravel and confront the complexities of capitalism’s elusive appearance."

read.dukeupress.edu/south-atlant...

Volume 124 Issue 4 | South Atlantic Quarterly | Duke University Press

read.dukeupress.edu

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Joshua Harold Wiebe @joshuaharoldwiebe.bsky.social · 5d

I taught Punishment Park in my Dystopian Visions class last semester, to great effect, and held a screening of La Commune for my critical theory friends, which has been on my top 4 on letterboxd ever since. RIP to one of the greats, Peter Watkins -- do yourself a favor and check out his website.

Joshua Harold Wiebe @joshuaharoldwiebe.bsky.social · 6d

I no longer have the capacity to feel gladness, but im sure in the morning ill agree

Joshua Harold Wiebe @joshuaharoldwiebe.bsky.social · 6d

Scientists, designing that game in a laboratory: "yes... make it even more excruciating!"

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Joshua Harold Wiebe @joshuaharoldwiebe.bsky.social · 6d

Oooof

Joshua Harold Wiebe @joshuaharoldwiebe.bsky.social · 6d

great blue jays defense is keeping my spirit alive

Joshua Harold Wiebe @joshuaharoldwiebe.bsky.social · 6d

wow

Joshua Harold Wiebe @joshuaharoldwiebe.bsky.social · 6d

@pietrobianch1.bsky.social and i have been working on this for quite a while and it is incredibly vindicating to see it out in the world, with such a beautiful cover!!