Collective Trauma and the Psychology of Secrets in Transnational Film

by Deborah Lynn Porter

Book Overview

Collective Trauma and the Psychology of Secrets in Transnational Film advances a methodological line of inquiry based on a fresh insight into the ways in which cinematic meaning is generated and can be ascertained. Premised on a critical reading strategy informed by a metapsychology of secrets, the book features analyses of internationally acclaimed films-Guillermo del Torro's Pan's Labyrinth, Andrey Zvyagintsev's The Return, Jee-woon Kim's A Tale of Two Sisters, and Alejandro Amen bar's The Others. It demonstrates how a rethinking of the figure of the secret in national film yields a new vantage point for examining heretofore unrecognized connections between collective historical experience, cinematic production and a transnational aesthetic of concealment and hiding.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367593033
• ISBN13: 9780367593032
• Release Date: August 2020
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.9"