Washed in Blood : Male Sacrifice, Trauma, and the Cinema.

Claire Sisco King offers an in-depth study of three prominent cycles of Hollywood films that follow the sacrificial narrative: the early-to-mid 1970s, the mid-to-late 1990s, and the mid-to-late 2000s. From Vietnam-era disaster movies to post-9/11 apocalyptic thrillers, she examines how each film rep...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author:	King, Claire Sisco
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Piscataway : Rutgers University Press, 2011.
Subjects:	Heroes in motion pictures. Death in motion pictures. Sacrifice in motion pictures. Psychic trauma in motion pictures. Death in motion pictures Heroes in motion pictures Psychic trauma in motion pictures Sacrifice in motion pictures