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Death in Classic and Contemporary Film : Fade to Black by Jeff Greenberg (2013, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan
ISBN-101137276886
ISBN-139781137276889
eBay Product ID (ePID)166411487
Product Key Features
Number of PagesIX, 263 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameDeath in Classic and Contemporary Film : Fade to Black
SubjectFilm / General, Television / History & Criticism, Film / History & Criticism, Sociology / Marriage & Family
Publication Year2013
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaPerforming Arts, Social Science
AuthorJeff Greenberg
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1 in
Item Weight158.1 Oz
Item Length8.6 in
Item Width5.6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN2013-014606
Dewey Edition23
Number of Volumes1 vol.
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal791.436823
Table Of Content1. Introduction: When the Lights Go Down; Daniel Sullivan and Jeff Greenberg PART I: TERROR MANAGEMENT THEORY AND FILM 2. A Terror Management Analysis of Films from Four Genres: The Matrix, Life is Beautiful, Iron Man 2, and Ikiru; Jeff Greenberg and Alisabeth Ayars 3. Mortality Salience in Apocalyptic Films; Joel Lieberman and Mark Fergus PART II: ASPECTS OF DEATH DENIAL IN INDIVIDUAL FILMS AND GENRES 4. Little Murders: Cultural Animals in an Existential Age; Sheldon Solomon and Mark J. Landau 5. Icons of Stone and Steel: Death, Cinema, and the Future of Emotion; Jennifer L. McMahon 6. Consumed in the Act: Grizzly Man and Frankenstein; Kirby Farrell 7. Black Swan/White Swan: On Female Objectification, Creatureliness, and Death Denial; Jamie L. Goldenberg 8. Death, Wealth, and Guilt: An Analysis of There Will be Blood; Daniel Sullivan 9. The Birth and Death of the Superhero Film; Sander L. Koole, Daniel Fockenberg, Mattie Tops, and Iris K. Schneider PART III: DIRECTORS ENGAGING WITH DEATH 10. Bergman and the Switching off of Lights; Peter Cowie 11. Death in the Films of Stanley Kubrick; Susan White 12. Haneke's Amour and the Ethics of Dying; Asbjørn Grønstad PART IV: THE PROSPECT OF TRANSCENDENCE 13. Visions of Death: Native American Cinema and the Transformative Power of Death; Jennifer L. McMahon 14. From Despair and Fanaticism to Awe: A Post-traumatic Growth Perspective on Cinematic HorrorL; Kirk J. Schneider 15. Conclusion: Cinematic Death Benefits; Daniel Sullivan and Jeff Greenberg
SynopsisMortality 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.
LC Classification NumberPN1993.5
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