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Abject Spaces in American Cinema : Institutional Settings, Identity and Psychoanalysis in Film / Frances Pheasant-Kelly.

By: Material type: Computer fileComputer file[London, England] : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2019Edition: First editionDescription: 1 online resource (vii, 279 pages) : illustrations (black and white)ISBN:
  • 085772214X
  • 1299664105
  • 9780755698417
  • 9780857722140
  • 9781299664104
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 791.4/3653 23
Online resources: Summary: 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.
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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.

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