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Cinematic quests for identity : the hero's encounter with the beast /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Garcia, Maria, 1953- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2015]
Subjects:
Identity (Psychology) in motion pictures.
Heroes in motion pictures.
Animals in motion pictures.
Breillat, Catherine > Criticism and interpretation.
Bresson, Robert > Criticism and interpretation.
Table of Contents:
  • Framing the beast of individuation
  • A woman's beast: the silence of the lambs
  • The male quest: when the hero doesn't get "the girl"
  • Love affairs with the beast: two women of screwball comedy
  • The beast of The diamond
  • The child's quest: a first glimpse of mortality
  • Catherine Breillat and the fairy tale quest as "passage"
  • Robert Bresson and the feminine face of god
  • Filmography.