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Episode 35: The Invitation with Dr. Courtenay Stallings
On this month's episode of The Sociologist's Dojo Podcast ,in honor of Spooky Season, return guest Dr. Courtenay Stallings of Pepperdine University and I talk about the 2015 Hitchcockian Horror/Thriller The Invitation, directed by Karyn Kusama. Join us as we talk about Religion, Cults and their relationship to politics, Grief, Trauma, and a lot of Erving Goffman. This Podcast episode will have you pondering when DO you decide to break the social contract, and will that just save your life?  Happy Halloween from The Sociologist's Dojo!   Basics  Dr. Stallings Previous Episodes  Episode 8: Mulholland Drive    Episode 15: The Exorcist  Episode 20: The Nic Cage Episode  Update on Dr. Stallings Academic Work  Basics of The Film: The Invitation (2015) Plot  Trivia  Historical Context Micro Level:  Experiences with Kusama's work Kusama, and a gendered director jail The importance of 2015, Prophetic for the tension of 2016 Family Dinners (Cults and Politics)  The Feel and look of the film, seems timeless  Social Analysis Religion and Cults   Erving Gofmman's Presentation of Self and The Social Contract of Parties  Terror in the mundane Subverting who "typically" survives a Horror Film. Outtro  Follow Dr.Stallings @CourtenayCal Follow the blog and Podcast @TheSociologists The Invitation Essay on the blog  
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