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1 online resource (235 pages) |
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| Summary |
Claire Sisco King offers an in-depth study of three prominent cycles of Hollywood films that follow the sacrificial narrative: the early & ndash;to & ndash;mid 1970s, the mid & ndash;to & ndash;late 1990s, and the mid & ndash;to & ndash;late 2000s. From Vietnam-era disaster movies to post-9/11 apocalyptic thrillers, she examines how each film represents traumatized American masculinity and national identity. What she uncovers is a cinematic tendency to position straight white men as America & rsquo;s most valuable citizens & mdash;and its noblest victims. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Reel presence, sacrifice, and the cinema -- Unhinged heroes and alpha traumas -- Free falls in the American nineties -- Remakes, resurrections, and sacrificial returns -- Epilogue: big screen memories. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Heroes in motion pictures.
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Heroes in motion pictures. |
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Death in motion pictures.
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Death in motion pictures. |
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Sacrifice in motion pictures.
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Sacrifice in motion pictures. |
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Psychic trauma in motion pictures.
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Psychic trauma in motion pictures. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: King, Claire Sisco. Washed in Blood : Male Sacrifice, Trauma, and the Cinema. Piscataway : Rutgers University Press, ©2011 9780813551593 |
| ISBN |
9780813552064 (electronic book) |
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0813552060 (electronic book) |
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0813551595 |
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9780813551593 |
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0813551609 (paperback) |
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9780813551609 (paperback) |
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1283865726 |
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9781283865722 |
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