4%OFF
Stock image for illustration purposes only - book cover, edition or condition may vary.
The Besieged Ego
Caroline Ruddell
€ 106.95
€ 102.37
FREE Delivery in Ireland
Description for The Besieged Ego
Hardcover. Critically appraises the representation of identity in contemporary film and television, with a focus on doppelgangers, doubling and split or fragmentary characters. This book examines the representation of fragmentary identities in film. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: APF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 160 x 14. Weight in Grams: 366.
This book examines the representation of fragmentary identities in film. The Besieged Ego critically appraises the representation of identity in contemporary film and television, with a focus on doppelgangers, doubling and split or fragmentary characters. The prevalence of non-autonomous characters in a wide variety of film and television products calls into question the very concept of a unified, 'knowable' identity. The form of the double, and cinematic modes and rhetorics used to denote fragmentary identity, is addressed in this book through a detailed analysis of texts drawn from a range of industrial and cultural contexts, but with particular attention paid ... Read more
This book examines the representation of fragmentary identities in film. The Besieged Ego critically appraises the representation of identity in contemporary film and television, with a focus on doppelgangers, doubling and split or fragmentary characters. The prevalence of non-autonomous characters in a wide variety of film and television products calls into question the very concept of a unified, 'knowable' identity. The form of the double, and cinematic modes and rhetorics used to denote fragmentary identity, is addressed in this book through a detailed analysis of texts drawn from a range of industrial and cultural contexts, but with particular attention paid ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780748692026
SKU
V9780748692026
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-50
About Caroline Ruddell
Caroline Ruddell is Programme Director of Film and Television and Film and Popular Culture at St. Mary's University College.
Reviews for The Besieged Ego