Death in Classic and Contemporary Film: Fade to Black - Brossura

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ISBN 10: 1349446866 ISBN 13: 9781349446865

Casa editrice: Palgrave Macmillan, 2013

Riassunto

Mortality is a recurrent theme in films across genres, periods, nations, and directors. This book brings together an accomplished set of authors with backgrounds in film analysis, psychology, and philosophy to examine how the knowledge of death, the fear of our mortality, and the ways people cope with mortality are represented in cinema.

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Recensione:

“Daniel Sullivan and Jeff Greenberg, professors of psychology at the University of Arizona, have compiled a fantastic selection of essays from several authors presenting various approaches to death in the cinema. This collection explores the issue of human mortality as portrayed in film, analyzing our fear of death and our desire to overcome it. ... The book, overall, is gripping and a must-read ... .” (Afra Siddiqui, Film Matters, Vol. 6 (3), 2015)

L'autore:

Alisabeth Ayars, University of Arizona, USAPeter Cowie, University of California Santa Barbara, USAKirby Farrell, University of Massachusetts Amherst, USAMark Fergus, film writer and directorDaniel Fockenberg, University of Freiburg, Germany Jamie L. Goldenberg, University of South Florida, USAAsbjørn Grønstad, University of Bergen, NorwaySander L. Koole, Free University, The NetherlandsMark J. Landau, University of Kansas, USAJoel D. Lieberman, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, USAJennifer L. McMahon, East Central University, USAIris K. Schneider, Free University, The NetherlandsKirk J. Schneider, Existential-Humanistic Institute, USASheldon Solomon, Skidmore College, USAMattie Tops, Free University, The NetherlandsSusan White, University of Arizona, USA

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• Editore: Palgrave Macmillan
• Data di pubblicazione: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1349446866
• ISBN 13: 9781349446865
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 263
• Redattore: Sullivan D., Greenberg J.