Traumatic imprints : cinema, military psychiatry, and the aftermath of war / Noah Tsika.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tsika, Noah, 1983- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World War, 1939-1945--Motion pictures and the war.

World War, 1939-1945.

War and motion pictures.

World War, 1939-1945--Psychological aspects.

Psychological aspects.

Nonfiction films--United States--History and criticism.

Nonfiction films.

United States.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

ix, 290 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2018]

Summary:

"Forced to contend with unprecedented levels of psychological trauma during World War II, the United States military began sponsoring a series of nontheatrical films designed to educate and even rehabilitate soldiers and civilians alike. Traumatic Imprints examines wartime and postwar debates about, aspirations for, and uses of cinema as a vehicle for studying, publicizing, and even 'working through' war trauma"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction : documenting the "residue of battle"

"Imaging the mind" : military psychiatry meets documentary film

Solemn venues : war trauma and the expanding nontheatrical realm

Selling "psycho films" : trauma cinema and the military-industrial complex

Psychodocudramatics : role-playing war trauma from the hospital to Hollywood

"Casualties of the spirit" : let there be light and its contexts

Conclusion : traumatic returns.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Tsika, Noah, 1983- Traumatic imprints.

ISBN:

9780520297630

0520297636

9780520297647

0520297644

OCLC:

1028581394