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020			_a9781474438421 (ebook) : _cNo price
082			_a791.43684
100			_aMarmysz, John, _d1964- _eauthor. _922973
245			_aCinematic nihilism : _bencounters, confrontations, overcomings / _cJohn Marmysz.
260			_aEdinburgh : _bEdinburgh University Press, _c2018.
300			_a1 online resource : _billustrations (black and white)
520			_aExposing and illustrating how an ongoing engagement with nihilistic alienation may contribute to, rather than detract from, the value of life, 'Cinematic Nihilism' both challenges and builds upon past scholarship that has scrutinised nihilism in the media, but which has generally over-emphasised its negative and destructive aspects. Through case studies of popular films, including 'Prometheus', 'The Dark Knight Rises', 'Dawn of the Dead' and 'The Human Centipede', and with chapters on Scotland's cinematic portrayal as both a site of 'nihilistic sacrifice' and as 'nowhere in particular', this book presents a necessary corrective, re-emphasising the constructive potential of cinematic nihilism and casting it as a phenomenon that need not be overcome.
650			_aNihilism (Philosophy) in motion pictures. _922974
856			_uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.3366/edinburgh/9781474424561.001.0001
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