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Abject spaces in American cinema : institutional settings, identity and psychoanalysis in film / Frances Pheasant-Kelly.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Pheasant-Kelly, Frances, 1960-
Contributor:
EBSCOhost.
Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.
Series:
International library of cultural studies ; 18.
International library of cultural studies ; 18
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Abjection in motion pictures.
Motion pictures--United States--History.
Motion pictures.
United States.
History.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (vii, 279 pages) : illustrations.
Place of Publication:
London ; New York : I.B. Tauris, 2013.
System Details:
text file
Contents:
Introduction: Institutions, abjection and subjectivity.
Part 1: Becoming a man/woman: Spaces of training. Schooling and the feminine body: Carrie ; Training the athletic body: Remember the Titans ; Ordering the military body: Full metal jacket.
Part 2: Maintaining self: Spaces of discipline. Staying clean and proper: The Shawshank Redemption ; Performing masculinity: Lock up ; Resisting the gaze: The Last Castle.
Part 3: Therapy as surveillance: Spaces of care. On the edge: Girl, Interrupted ; Maintaining life: Coma ; Confronting death: Bubba Ho-tep.
Notes:
Includes filmography (p. 259-260).
Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-270) and index.
Electronic reproduction. Ipswich, MA Available via World Wide Web.
Description based on print version record.
Local Notes:
Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.
ISBN:
9780857722140
085772214X
Publisher Number:
99967672383
Access Restriction:
Restricted for use by site license.

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