Nomadland: a film by Chloé Zhao

Jasper, D. (2023) Nomadland: a film by Chloé Zhao. Expository Times, (doi: 10.1177/00145246231156324) (Early Online Publication)

Abstract

Nomadland is a triple Oscar winning film, starring Frances McDormand as Fern, widowed and from a dying town in Nevada, who sets out in an old camper van to join the community of nomads travelling the roads and deserts of the American west. It is a tale of mourning, of coming to terms with the past and learning to face the unknown future without the comforts and securities of American middle-class existence. It bears comparison with biblical desert wanderers like Abraham, and early Christian saints of the desert who lived in the world as pilgrims, travelling towards the future with courage and perhaps hope.

• Item Type: Articles
• Status: Early Online Publication
• Refereed: Yes
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: Jasper, Professor David
• Authors: Jasper, D.
• College/School: College of Arts & Humanities > School of Critical Studies
• Journal Name: Expository Times
• Publisher: SAGE Publications
• ISSN: 0014-5246
• ISSN (Online): 1745-5308
• Published Online: 23 March 2023
• Copyright Holders: Copyright © 2023 The Author
• First Published: First published in Expository Times 2023
• Publisher Policy: Reproduced under a Creative Commons License