Washed in Blood : Male Sacrifice, Trauma, and the Cinema.
Claire Sisco King offers an in-depth study of three prominent cycles of Hollywood films that follow the sacrificial narrative: the early-to-mid 1970s, the mid-to-late 1990s, and the mid-to-late 2000s. From Vietnam-era disaster movies to post-9/11 apocalyptic thrillers, she examines how each film rep...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Piscataway :
Rutgers University Press,
2011.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | Claire Sisco King offers an in-depth study of three prominent cycles of Hollywood films that follow the sacrificial narrative: the early-to-mid 1970s, the mid-to-late 1990s, and the mid-to-late 2000s. From Vietnam-era disaster movies to post-9/11 apocalyptic thrillers, she examines how each film represents traumatized American masculinity and national identity. What she uncovers is a cinematic tendency to position straight white men as America's most valuable citizens - and its noblest victims. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (235 pages) |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 9780813552064 0813552060 0813551595 9780813551593 0813551609 9780813551609 1283865726 9781283865722 |