Defeated Masculinity: Post-Traumatic Cinema in the Aftermath of War (Repenser le cinéma / Rethinking Cinema)

Morag, Raya

ISBN 10: 9052014698 / ISBN 13: 9789052014692

Published by P.I.E-Peter Lang S.A., Éditions Scientifiques Internationales, 2009

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Defeated Masculinity: Post-Traumatic Cinema in the Aftermath of War (Repenser le cinéma / Rethinking Cinema)
• Publisher: P.I.E-Peter Lang S.A., Éditions Scientifiques Internationales
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9052014698
• ISBN 13: 9789052014692
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

The burgeoning field of trauma and cinema is an exciting development within contemporary trauma studies. The author of this book describes the complex relationship between cinema and the trauma of defeat in war. An asymmetric and non-binary comparison of two test cases, post-World War II New German Cinema and post-Vietnam War American cinema, illuminates the indirect and intriguing ways these societies have dealt with the enormous psycho-cultural difficulty of acknowledging their defeat and understanding its manifold meanings.
This book draws on psychoanalysis, masculinity studies, and corporeal feminism to explore the bodily experience of defeat. It examines themes and representations of body and sexuality to create a theoretical framework that reveals anew the link between defeated masculinity and nationalism. Building on an original analysis of such varied films as The Deer Hunter, Full Metal Jacket, The Tin Drum, and Paris Texas, the author suggests new criteria that highlight the characteristics of post-traumatic cinema.

About the Author

The Author: Raya Morag is an assistant professor of cinema studies at the Department of Communication & Journalism, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. She has published articles on trauma and terror, sound, gender, body and sexuality, and current Israeli cinema in such journals as Camera Obscura, Framework, The Journal of Film and Video and The Communication Review.