Research Catalog

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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Holdings

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,"--

Subject

• Other (Philosophy) in motion pictures
• Projection (Psychology) in motion pictures

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

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.

ISBN

• 9780786476640 (softcover : alk. paper)
• 0786476648 (softcover : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2013050570

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library