Dislocated screen memory : narrating trauma in post-Yugoslav cinema / Dijana Jelača.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jelača, Dijana, 1979- author.

Series:

Global cinema

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Psychic trauma in motion pictures.

Memory in motion pictures.

Motion pictures--Social aspects--Former Yugoslav republics.

Motion pictures.

Motion pictures--Social aspects.

Yugoslavia.

Former Yugoslav republics.

Physical Description:

xii, 275 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.

Summary:

"The links between cinema and war machines have long been established. At the same time, cinema represents an often overlooked, yet crucial channel of tackling the difficult themes of post-traumatic memory. This book explores the range, form, and valences of trauma narratives that permeate the most notable narrative films about the breakup of Yugoslavia. It examines how film plays a part in coming to terms with the traumatic effects that wars have on communities, by ways of forming an archive of publically circulated, mass-mediated cultural memories"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: Introduction: War Trauma as Screen Memory

Yugoslavia's Wars, Cinema, and Screen Trauma

Unsettling Empathies: Screen, Gender, and Traumatic Memory

Happily Sick: Trauma, Nation, and Queer Affect

Post-Yugoslav Heritage Cinema and the Futurity of Nostalgia

Youth (Sub)Cultures and the Habitus of Postmemory

Conclusion: The Child, the Quiest War Film, and the Power of Alternative Scenarios.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781137515773

1137515775

OCLC:

932382697