Washed in Blood : Male Sacrifice, Trauma, and the Cinema

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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...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: King, Claire Sisco
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Piscataway : Rutgers University Press, 2011.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Sacrifice in motion pictures.
Psychic trauma in motion pictures.
Heroes in motion pictures.
Death in motion pictures.
PERFORMING ARTS > Film & Video > History & Criticism.
PERFORMING ARTS > Film & Video > Reference.
ART > Film & Video.
Traumatisme psychique au cinema.
Sacrifice au cinema.
Mort au cinema.
Heros au cinema.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary: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.
Physical Description:1 online resource (256 pages).
ISBN:9780813551609

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