Maria Garcia

Gebundenes Buch

Cinematic Quests for Identity

The Hero's Encounter with the Beast

Beschreibung

This book examines the narrative and cinematic conventions of movies that are about the quest for identity and individuation. Chapters are devoted to individual films, such as La Belle et la Bête, The Silence of the Lambs, The Searchers, The Deer Hunter, and The Picture of Dorian Gray, as well as considerations of films directed by Catherine Breillat and Robert Bresson.

Autor

Maria Garcia is a film critic, feature writer, and an adjunct lecturer in the English Department at CUNY Baruch College. Her reviews and filmmaker interviews appear regularly in Cineaste and Film Journal International.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 284
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. April 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 615g
• ISBN-13: 9781442246973
• ISBN-10: 1442246979
• Artikelnr.: 41855595