02770nam 2200553 450 991081549410332120150427011119.01-4422-4697-91-4422-4698-7(CKB)2670000000608386(EBL)2007989(SSID)ssj0001458248(PQKBManifestationID)12558538(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001458248(PQKBWorkID)11452125(PQKB)11692593(MiAaPQ)EBC2007989(EXLCZ)99267000000060838620150416h20152015 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrCinematic quests for identity the hero's encounter with the beast /Maria GarciaLanham, Maryland :Rowman & Littlefield,2015.©20151 online resource (285 p.)Description based upon print version of record.Print version: Garcia, Maria, 1953- Cinematic quests for identity : the hero's encounter with the beast. Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, c2015 ix, 273 pages 9781442246973 2014043293 Includes bibliographical references, filmographies and index.Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1. Framing the Beast of Individuation; Chapter 2. A Woman's Beast: The Silence of the Lambs; Chapter 3. The Male Quest: When the Hero Doesn't Get "The Girl"; Chapter 4. Love Affairs with the Beast: Two Women of Screwball Comedy; Chapter 5. The Beast of the Diamond; Chapter 6. The Child's Quest: A First Glimpse of Mortality; Chapter 7. Catherine Breillat and the Fairy Tale Quest as "Passage"; Chapter 8. Robert Bresson and the Feminine Face of God; Filmography; Bibliography; Index; About the AuthorThis book examines the narrative and cinematic conventions of movies that are about the quest for identity and individuation. Chapters are devoted to individual films, such as La Belle et la Bête, The Silence of the Lambs, The Searchers, The Deer Hunter, and The Picture of Dorian Gray, as well as considerations of films directed by Catherine Breillat and Robert Bresson. Identity (Psychology) in motion picturesHeroes in motion picturesAnimals in motion picturesIdentity (Psychology) in motion pictures.Heroes in motion pictures.Animals in motion pictures.791.43/653791.43653Garcia Maria1953-1680270MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910815494103321Cinematic quests for identity4048893UNINA