Jason Goldfarb

Jason Goldfarb is a Ph.D. candidate at Duke University. Most recently his work appeared in The International Journal of Žižek Studies, The Hong Kong Review of Books, and Counterpunch among other publications. He is also an editor at Polygraph: An International Journal Of Culture and Politics.
Nazis, Nostalgia, and Critique in Taika Waititi’s ‘Jojo Rabbit’
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Nazis, Nostalgia, and Critique in Taika Waititi’s ‘Jojo Rabbit’

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 / 8 July 2020

Arriving amidst the exhaustion of the past (21st century cultural stagnation), Waititi locates a new potential object for the nostalgic gaze with Jojo Rabbit: unpleasant and traumatic events themselves.