Shocking representation: historical trauma, national cinema, and the modern horror film
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Main Author: Lowenstein, Adam (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York Columbia University Press ©2005
Series:Film and culture
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Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-240) and index
France -- Britain -- Japan -- United States -- Canada
In this imaginative new work, Adam Lowenstein explores the ways in which a group of groundbreaking horror films engaged the haunting social conflicts left in the wake of World War II, Hiroshima, and the Vietnam War. Lowenstein centers Shocking Representation around readings of films by Georges Franju, Michael Powell, Shindo Kaneto, Wes Craven, and David Cronenberg. He shows that through allegorical representations these directors' films confronted and challenged comforting historical narratives and notions of national identity intended to soothe public anxieties in the aftermat
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xii, 255 pages)
ISBN:0231507186
9780231507189

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