Grief, Madness, and Crises of Masculinity in Mind-Game Films
Author:   Rosalind Sibielski
Publisher:   Lexington Books
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9781666936445


Pages:   200
Publication Date:   22 August 2024
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Rosalind Sibielski
Publisher:   Lexington Books
Imprint:   Lexington Books/Fortress Academic
Dimensions:   Width: 15.90cm , Height: 2.10cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.481kg
ISBN:  

9781666936445


ISBN 10:   1666936448
Pages:   200
Publication Date:   22 August 2024
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Mad With Grief: Trauma, Loss, and the Fracturing of Reality in Mind-Game Films Chapter 2 Crisis of Reality as Crisis of the Patriarch: Grief, Guilt, and the Failures of Husbands and Fathers in Memento, Inception, and Shutter Island Chapter 3 The Stuff of (Urban) Legend: Making Sense of Loss and What It Means to Be a Man in Urbania Chapter 4 Lost Mothers, Abusive Fathers, and Damaged Sons: Alternate Realities and Oedipal Crises in Bandersnatch and Mr. Robot Chapter 5 Spectacles of Grief and Madness: The Visual Representation and Fetishization of Mental Health Crises in Mind-Game Media Narratives

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Positioned at the intersection of gender studies and film narratology, Rosalind Sibielski's book contributes significantly to both disciplines. Its key argument - that mind-game films and TV series create male protagonists impaired by their perceived failure to live up to the values of patriarchal masculinity - is both provocative and perceptive. Sibielski offers commentary on the psychodramas of guilt and traumatic loss that drive the puzzle plots of Memento, Inception, Mr. Robot, and other compelling examples of mind-game storytelling. --Warren Buckland, editor of Puzzle Films (2009) and Hollywood Puzzle Films (2014)


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Rosalind Sibielski is assistant professor of English and film studies at Rhode Island College

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