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Death in Classic and Contemporary Film: Fade to Black 1st ed. 2013 Edition
Author(s): D. Sullivan (Editor), J. Greenberg
- Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
- Publication Date: 3 Oct. 2013
- Edition: 1st ed. 2013
- Language: English
- Print length: 272 pages
- ISBN-10: 1349446866
- ISBN-13: 9781349446865
Book Description
Mortality is a recurrent theme in films across genres, periods, nations, and directors. This book brings together an accomplished set of authors with backgrounds in film analysis, psychology, and philosophy to examine how the knowledge of death, the fear of our mortality, and the ways people cope with mortality are represented in cinema.
Editorial Reviews
Review
“Daniel Sullivan and Jeff Greenberg, professors of psychology at the University of Arizona, have compiled a fantastic selection of essays from several authors presenting various approaches to death in the cinema. This collection explores the issue of human mortality as portrayed in film, analyzing our fear of death and our desire to overcome it. … The book, overall, is gripping and a must-read … .” (Afra Siddiqui, Film Matters, Vol. 6 (3), 2015)
About the Author
Alisabeth Ayars, University of Arizona, USA Peter Cowie, University of California Santa Barbara, USA Kirby Farrell, University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA Mark Fergus, film writer and director Daniel Fockenberg, University of Freiburg, Germany Jamie L. Goldenberg, University of South Florida, USA Asbjørn Grønstad, University of Bergen, Norway Sander L. Koole, Free University, The Netherlands Mark J. Landau, University of Kansas, USA Joel D. Lieberman, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, USA Jennifer L. McMahon, East Central University, USA Iris K. Schneider, Free University, The Netherlands Kirk J. Schneider, Existential-Humanistic Institute, USA Sheldon Solomon, Skidmore College, USA Mattie Tops, Free University, The Netherlands Susan White, University of Arizona, USA
