Traumatic Encounters in Italian Film Locating the Cinematic Unconscious |
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| Author:
| Vighi, Fabio |
| ISBN: | 978-1-84150-140-6 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2006 |
| Publisher: | Intellect, Limited
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $50.00 |
Book Description:
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Addresses the question of the relationship between psychoanalysis and film in a thoroughly original way, bringing together Lacanian theory and Italian cinema as a means to unravel the deepest kernel of repressed knowledge around which film narratives are constructed. Always stylistically innovative, thematically defiant and driven by a strong political agenda, Italian cinema lends itself particularly well to a critical investigation aimed at radicalising the impact of psychoanalysis on film.
Addresses the question of the relationship between psychoanalysis and film in a thoroughly original way, bringing together Lacanian theory and Italian cinema as a means to unravel the deepest kernel of repressed knowledge around which film narratives are constructed. Always stylistically innovative, thematically defiant and driven by a strong political agenda, Italian cinema lends itself particularly well to a critical investigation aimed at radicalising the impact of psychoanalysis on film.