Narrative, Film, and Identity

Erscheinungsjahr 2025
ISBN: 978-90-04-71107-5
Verlag: World Bank Publications

Buch, Englisch, Band 398, 196 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 239 mm, Gewicht: 417 g

Reihe: Value Inquiry Book Series / Philosophy of Film

Our identities are shaped by narratives, and cinema contributes to that process. While there is substantial scholarship on both narrative identity and film narrative, there is very little investigation of the intersection between them. This book provides that, with particular attention to how the interaction between film narratives and life narratives affect the meaning of life. Traditional issues like spectator activity and realism appear in a different light when viewed through this interaction. It also reveals how film can both help and hinder the meaning of our lives by sustaining oppressive narratives or promoting new narrative possibilities.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Pamerleau, William

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Ästhetik
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturtheorie: Poetik und Literaturästhetik
• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Filmwissenschaft, Fernsehen, Radio Filmtheorie, Filmanalyse

Über Autor(innen)

William C. Pamerleau, Ph.D., is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg. He publishes articles on a variety of philosophical topics but specializes in the philosophy of film. He is the author of Existentialist Cinema (2009).