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The shadow self in film : projecting the unconscious other
- Title
- The shadow self in film : projecting the unconscious other / Gershon Reiter.
- Author
- Reiter, Gershon, 1945-
- Publication
- Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2014]
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | MFL 14-3185 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
Details
- Description
- v, 215 pages; 23 cm
- Summary
- "The cinematic Other is interpreted as an unconscious personality, a denied part of the protagonist that appears in his life as a shadowy menace who won't go away. Overall the book aims to show how movies envision the unconscious Other we all too often project on other people,"--
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-208) and index.
- Contents
- Introduction: from Enkidu to Mr. Hyde -- Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde: envisioning the other -- Shadow of a doubt: the other by numbers -- Strangers on a train: playing doubles -- Cape Fear (1962): picturing the other -- Cape Fear (1991): the other wronged -- In the line of fire: the knowing other -- Blood work: double feature -- Something wild: the other half -- Sea of love: the feminine other -- Fight club: the imagined other -- Desperately seeking Susan: seeking the other -- Apocalypse now: the other story -- The lives of others: the others of our lives.
- Call Number
- MFL 14-3185
- ISBN
- 9780786476640 (softcover : alk. paper)
- 0786476648 (softcover : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2013050570
- OCLC
- 869548612
- Author
- Reiter, Gershon, 1945-
- Title
- The shadow self in film : projecting the unconscious other / Gershon Reiter.
- Publisher
- Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2014]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-208) and index.
- Research Call Number
- MFL 14-3185