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Death and the Moving Image: Ideology, Iconography and I
Michele Aaron
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Description for Death and the Moving Image: Ideology, Iconography and I
Paperback. Examines the representation of death and dying in mainstream cinema. This title provides the study of the representation of death and dying in mainstream Western cinema from its earliest to its latest renditions. It explores the impact of gender, race, nation and narration upon death's dramatics on screen and more. Num Pages: 272 pages, 10 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: APF; JFC; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 157 x 22. Weight in Grams: 412.
This book examines the representation of death and dying in mainstream cinema. Death and the Moving Image provides the first in depth study of the representation of death and dying in mainstream Western cinema from its earliest to its latest renditions. It explores the impact of gender, race, nation and narration upon death's dramatics on screen and isolates how mainstream cinema works to bestow value upon certain lives, and specific socio cultural identities, in a hierarchical and partisan way. Dedicated to the popular, to the political and ethical implications of mass culture's themes and imperatives, this book takes mainstream cinema ... Read more
This book examines the representation of death and dying in mainstream cinema. Death and the Moving Image provides the first in depth study of the representation of death and dying in mainstream Western cinema from its earliest to its latest renditions. It explores the impact of gender, race, nation and narration upon death's dramatics on screen and isolates how mainstream cinema works to bestow value upon certain lives, and specific socio cultural identities, in a hierarchical and partisan way. Dedicated to the popular, to the political and ethical implications of mass culture's themes and imperatives, this book takes mainstream cinema ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781474402750
SKU
V9781474402750
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About Michele Aaron
Michele Aaron is Senior Lecturer in American and Canadian Studies at the University of Birmingham.
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