Cinema of Confinement
«In looking at film from a Lacanian angle, Cinema of Confinement makes a strong contribution to the expanding critical literature on Lacan and cinema. The book shows exceptional knowledge of film as a language, inclusive of its unconscious underpinnings. The author moves very confidently among different filmic genres and aesthetic registers, demonstrating remarkable analytical skills. A great book with some interpretive gems." — Fabio Vighi, author of Critical Theory and Film: Rethinking Ideology through Film Noir»
In this book, Thomas J. Connelly draws on a number of key psychoanalytic concepts from the works of Jacques Lacan, Slavoj Zizek, Joan Copjec, Michel Chion, and Todd McGowan to identify and describe a genre of cinema characterized by spatial confinement. Les mer
Cinema of Confinement offers rich insights into the appeal of constricted filmic spaces at a time when one can easily traverse spatial boundaries within the virtual reality of cyberspace.
Detaljer
- Forlag
- Northwestern University Press
- Innbinding
- Paperback
- Språk
- Engelsk
- ISBN
- 9780810139213
- Utgivelsesår
- 2019
- Format
- 23 x 15 cm
Anmeldelser
«In looking at film from a Lacanian angle, Cinema of Confinement makes a strong contribution to the expanding critical literature on Lacan and cinema. The book shows exceptional knowledge of film as a language, inclusive of its unconscious underpinnings. The author moves very confidently among different filmic genres and aesthetic registers, demonstrating remarkable analytical skills. A great book with some interpretive gems." — Fabio Vighi, author of Critical Theory and Film: Rethinking Ideology through Film Noir»