Haunting the Left Bank mortality and intersubjectivity in Varda, Resnais and Marker / Kierran Horner.
| Author/creator | Horner, Kierran, 1977- |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | New York ; Peter Lang Publishing, [2023] |
| Description | xiv, 296 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from eBooks on EBSCOhost |
| Subjects |
| Series | New studies in European cinema, 1661-0261 ; vol no. 23 |
| Abstract | "Engaging with contemporary film-philosophical research, this book investigates the effects of a haunting presence of death in life. It considers moments in which the films of Agnès Varda, Chris Marker and Alain Resnais and theories of intersubjectivity, gender and mortality in contemporaneous works by Jean-Paul Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir, Emmanuel Levinas and Maurice Merleau-Ponty coalesce around this ethical epicentre, the equality enacted by death on every mortal. Challenging hierarchical divisions between subjects constructed around geo-political, gendered or spectatorial difference, it establishes a paradigm in which intersubjective interactions, especially through the gaze, are instead ethical and egalitarian. Haunting the Left Bank identifies and explores the presence of mortality in these directors' cinematic images, revealing how they indicate ways of connecting with other subjects and speaking to a recognition of equality and difference"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2022034991 |
| ISBN | 9781800796676 (paperback) |
| ISBN | (ebook) |
| ISBN | (epub) |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |