Washed in Blood :: Male Sacrifice, Trauma, and the Cinema.

Claire Sisco King offers an in-depth study of three prominent cycles of Hollywood films that follow the sacrificial narrative: the early-to-mid 1970s, the mid-to-late 1990s, and the mid-to-late 2000s. From Vietnam-era disaster movies to post-9/11 apocalyptic thrillers, she examines how each film rep...

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1. Verfasser: King, Claire Sisco
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Piscataway : Rutgers University Press, 2011.
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Zusammenfassung:Claire Sisco King offers an in-depth study of three prominent cycles of Hollywood films that follow the sacrificial narrative: the early-to-mid 1970s, the mid-to-late 1990s, and the mid-to-late 2000s. From Vietnam-era disaster movies to post-9/11 apocalyptic thrillers, she examines how each film represents traumatized American masculinity and national identity. What she uncovers is a cinematic tendency to position straight white men as America's most valuable citizens - and its noblest victims.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (235 pages)
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780813552064
0813552060
0813551595
9780813551593
0813551609
9780813551609
1283865726
9781283865722