Abject Spaces in American Cinema : Institutional Settings, Identity and Psychoanalysis in Film /
Pheasant-Kelly, Frances, 1960-
Abject Spaces in American Cinema : Institutional Settings, Identity and Psychoanalysis in Film / Frances Pheasant-Kelly. - First edition. - London, England : I.B. Tauris, 2019. - 1 online resource (vii, 279 pages) : illustrations (black and white).
Includes bibliographical references, filmography and index.
American cinema abounds with films set in prisons, asylums, hospitals and other institutions. Rather than orderly places of recovery and rehabilitation, these institutional settings emerge as abject spaces of control and repression in which adult identity is threatened as a narrative impetus. Exploring the abject through issues as diverse as racism, mental illness or the preservation of bodies for organ donation, this book analyses a range of films including 'The Shawshank Redemption' (1994), 'Full Metal Jacket' (1987) and 'Girl, Interrupted' (1999) through to cult films such as 'Carrie' (1976.
085772214X 1299664105 9780755698417 9780857722140 9781299664104
Abjection in motion pictures.
Motion pictures--History.--United States
Film theory & criticism
791.4/3653
Abject Spaces in American Cinema : Institutional Settings, Identity and Psychoanalysis in Film / Frances Pheasant-Kelly. - First edition. - London, England : I.B. Tauris, 2019. - 1 online resource (vii, 279 pages) : illustrations (black and white).
Includes bibliographical references, filmography and index.
American cinema abounds with films set in prisons, asylums, hospitals and other institutions. Rather than orderly places of recovery and rehabilitation, these institutional settings emerge as abject spaces of control and repression in which adult identity is threatened as a narrative impetus. Exploring the abject through issues as diverse as racism, mental illness or the preservation of bodies for organ donation, this book analyses a range of films including 'The Shawshank Redemption' (1994), 'Full Metal Jacket' (1987) and 'Girl, Interrupted' (1999) through to cult films such as 'Carrie' (1976.
085772214X 1299664105 9780755698417 9780857722140 9781299664104
Abjection in motion pictures.
Motion pictures--History.--United States
Film theory & criticism
791.4/3653