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Mimetic theory and film / edited by Paolo Diego Bubbio and Chris Fleming.

Van Pelt Library PN1995.9.M53 M46 2019
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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Bubbio, Paolo Diego, 1974- editor.
Fleming, Chris, 1970- editor.
Series:
Violence, desire, and the sacred ; v. 8.
Violence, desire, and the sacred ; vol. 8
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Girard, René, 1923-2015--Influence.
Girard, René.
Girard, René, 1923-2015.
Mimesis in motion pictures.
Motion pictures--Philosophy.
Motion pictures.
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.).
Physical Description:
ix, 211 pages ; 24 cm.
Place of Publication:
New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2019.
Contents:
Buñuel's apocalypse now / Andrew McKenna
On fiction and truth : Joshua Oppenheimer's The act of killing / Paul Dumouchel
Passing "the imitation game" : Ex machina, the ethical, and mimetic theory / Sandor Goodhart
Femina ex machina / Jean-Pierre Dupuy
Looking for a scapegoat and finding oneself : Kieślowski's Decalogue and mimetic theory / Jeremiah Alberg
Violence and politics in Shakespeare's Macbeth and Kurosawa's Throne of blood / Richard van Oort
The screenic age / Eric Gans
A sacrificial crisis not far away : Star wars as a genuinely modern mythology / Paolo Diego Bubbio
Mimetic magic and anti-sacrificial slayage : a Girardian reading of Buffy the vampire slayer / George A. Dunn and Brian McDonald
It's not the end of the world : postapocalyptic flourishing in Cartoon Network's Adventure time / Emma A. Jane.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781501334832
1501334832
OCLC:
1034615349

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