{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Episode 35: The Invitation with Dr. Courtenay Stallings","description":"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?&amp;nbsp; Happy Halloween from The Sociologist's Dojo! &amp;nbsp; Basics&amp;nbsp; Dr. Stallings Previous Episodes&amp;nbsp;   Episode 8: Mulholland Drive&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;  Episode 15: The Exorcist&amp;nbsp;  Episode 20: The Nic Cage Episode&amp;nbsp;  Update on Dr. Stallings Academic Work&amp;nbsp; Basics of The Film: The Invitation (2015)  Plot&amp;nbsp; Trivia&amp;nbsp;  Historical Context  Micro Level:&amp;nbsp; 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)&amp;nbsp; The Feel and look of the film, seems timeless&amp;nbsp;  Social Analysis  Religion and Cults&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Erving Gofmman's Presentation of Self and The Social Contract of Parties&amp;nbsp; Terror in the mundane Subverting who &quot;typically&quot; survives a Horror Film.  Outtro&amp;nbsp;  Follow Dr.Stallings @CourtenayCal Follow the blog and Podcast @TheSociologists  The Invitation Essay on the blog&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;  ","author_name":"The Sociologist's Dojo Podcast","author_url":"http:\/\/thesociologistsdojo.libsyn.com\/website","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/28435196\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/163175339"}