A death in the family: meditations on mourning in contemporary cinema

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dc.contributor.advisorMarx, Lesleyen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorPetousis, Simoneen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2015-01-11T13:30:37Z
dc.date.available2015-01-11T13:30:37Z
dc.date.issued2012en_ZA
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dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThis thesis examines cinematic depictions of traumatic loss and mourning, with particular focus on representation. My study merges a theoretical and analytical investigation. I aim to defend cinema against the wider post-structuralist claim that trauma refutes the possibility of representation and argue, instead, that an increasing array of filmic examples demonstrate cinema's potential to provide valuable insights into the complexities of the subject. I use Freud's discussion of trauma as a belated, repetitious experience as an entry point to illustrate the ways in which cinema, a medium bound to temporality, can develop a relationship between linear and traumatic time...en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationPetousis, S. (2012). <i>A death in the family: meditations on mourning in contemporary cinema</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Centre for Film and Media Studies. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/12094en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationPetousis, Simone. <i>"A death in the family: meditations on mourning in contemporary cinema."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Centre for Film and Media Studies, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/12094en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationPetousis, S. 2012. A death in the family: meditations on mourning in contemporary cinema. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Petousis, Simone AB - This thesis examines cinematic depictions of traumatic loss and mourning, with particular focus on representation. My study merges a theoretical and analytical investigation. I aim to defend cinema against the wider post-structuralist claim that trauma refutes the possibility of representation and argue, instead, that an increasing array of filmic examples demonstrate cinema's potential to provide valuable insights into the complexities of the subject. I use Freud's discussion of trauma as a belated, repetitious experience as an entry point to illustrate the ways in which cinema, a medium bound to temporality, can develop a relationship between linear and traumatic time... DA - 2012 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2012 T1 - A death in the family: meditations on mourning in contemporary cinema TI - A death in the family: meditations on mourning in contemporary cinema UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/12094 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/12094
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationPetousis S. A death in the family: meditations on mourning in contemporary cinema. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Centre for Film and Media Studies, 2012 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/12094en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentCentre for Film and Media Studiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherFilm Studiesen_ZA
dc.titleA death in the family: meditations on mourning in contemporary cinemaen_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
dc.type.qualificationlevelMasters
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