Dislocated Screen Memory

Dislocated Screen Memory

Author:
Dijana Jelaca
The links between cinema and war machines have long been established. This book explores the range, form, and valences of trauma narratives that permeate the most notable narrative films about the breakup of Yugoslavia.
474.00 zł
Publishing date:
2016
Delivery:
30 days
Publisher:
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages:
275
Publication form:
hardback
Language:
English
Edition:
ISBN:
9781137515773
Categories:
Film theory & criticism
The links between cinema and war machines have long been established. This book explores the range, form, and valences of trauma narratives that permeate the most notable narrative films about the breakup of Yugoslavia.

Introduction: War Trauma as Screen Memory
1. Yugoslavia ' 's Wars, Cinema, and Screen Trauma
2. Unsettling Empathies: Screen, Gender, and Traumatic Memory
3. Happily Sick: Trauma, Nation, and Queer Affect
4. Post-Yugoslav Heritage Cinema and the Futurity of Nostalgia
5. Youth (Sub)Cultures and the Habitus of Postmemory
Conclusion: The Child, the Quiest War Film, and the Power of Alternative Scenarios