Laura Stephenson

Cinema, Suffering and Psychoanalysis

The Mechanism of Self

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

"An investigation of psychological disorders through several key cinematic texts, pulling together dialectically opposed methodologies of psychoanalysis and modern psychology"--

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Academic
• Seitenzahl: 232
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Januar 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 454g
• ISBN-13: 9798765105672
• Artikelnr.: 70282042

Autorenporträt

Laura Stephenson is Senior Lecturer in Film, in the School of Film & Television, University of Westminster, UK. In her role on the BA (Honours) Film degree she brings together the oft-divided worlds of screen theory and practice. Her research interests are driven by the notion that suffering is an integral aspect of the lived-experience, with much of her philosophical work exploring identity, trauma and the human condition through cinema and television texts. She aims to continue researching and publishing in the growing academic field of medical humanities.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction 2. Black Swan (2010) and Psychosis 3. The Machinist (2004)
and Insomnia 4. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2009) and PTSD 5. Brodre
(2004) and Adjustment Disorder 6. Copycat (1995) and Agoraphobia 7. The
Shipping News (2001) and Depression 8. Conclusion Index