Collective Trauma and the Psychology of Secrets in Transnational Film
Nonfiction, Health & Well Being, Psychology, Psychoanalysis, Entertainment, Performing Arts, Film, History & Criticism
| Author: | Deborah Lynn Porter | ISBN: | 9781351246040 |
| Publisher: | Taylor and Francis | Publication: | January 31, 2018 |
| Imprint: | Routledge | Language: | English |
| Author: | Deborah Lynn Porter |
| ISBN: | 9781351246040 |
| Publisher: | Taylor and Francis |
| Publication: | January 31, 2018 |
| Imprint: | Routledge |
| Language: | English |
Collective Trauma and the Psychology of Secrets in Transnational Film advances a methodological line of inquiry based on a fresh insight into the ways in which cinematic meaning is generated and can be ascertained. Premised on a critical reading strategy informed by a metapsychology of secrets, the book features analyses of internationally acclaimed films—Guillermo del Torro’s Pan’s Labyrinth, Andrey Zvyagintsev’s The Return, Jee-woonKim’s A Tale of Two Sisters, and Alejandro Amenábar’s The Others. It demonstrates how a rethinking of the figure of the secret in national film yields a new vantage point for examining heretofore unrecognized connections between collective historical experience, cinematic production and a transnational aesthetic of concealment and hiding.
Collective Trauma and the Psychology of Secrets in Transnational Film advances a methodological line of inquiry based on a fresh insight into the ways in which cinematic meaning is generated and can be ascertained. Premised on a critical reading strategy informed by a metapsychology of secrets, the book features analyses of internationally acclaimed films—Guillermo del Torro’s Pan’s Labyrinth, Andrey Zvyagintsev’s The Return, Jee-woonKim’s A Tale of Two Sisters, and Alejandro Amenábar’s The Others. It demonstrates how a rethinking of the figure of the secret in national film yields a new vantage point for examining heretofore unrecognized connections between collective historical experience, cinematic production and a transnational aesthetic of concealment and hiding.
