Washed in Blood None/e Male Sacrifice, Trauma and the Cinema
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Sprache:Englisch
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Beschreibung
Produktdetails
Einband
Gebundene Ausgabe
Altersempfehlung
18 - 22 Jahr(e)
Erscheinungsdatum
01.11.2011
Verlag
Rutgers University PressSeitenzahl
256
Maße (L/B/H)
23.1/15.5/2 cm
Gewicht
600 g
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN
978-0-8135-5159-3
Will Smith in "I Am Legend." Leonardo DiCaprio in "Titanic." Charlton Heston in just about everything.Viewers of Hollywood action films are no doubt familiar with the sacrificial victim-hero, the male protagonist who nobly gives up his life so that others may be saved. "Washed in Blood" argues that such sacrificial films are especially prominent in eras when the nation--and American manhood--is thought to be in crisis. The sacrificial victim-hero, continually imperiled and frequently exhibiting classic symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder, thus bears the trauma of the nation.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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