Projected Shadows: Psychoanalytic Reflections on the Representation of Loss in European Cinema (The New Library of Psychoanalysis)

Projected Shadows presents a new collection of essays exploring films from a psychoanalytic perspective, focusing specifically on the representation of loss in European cinema. This theme is discussed in its many aspects, including: loss of hope and innocence, of youth, of consciousness, of freedom and loss through death. Many other themes familiar to psychoanalytic discourse are explored in the process, such as: Establishment and resolution of Oedipal conflicts Representation of pathological characters on the screen Use of unconscious defence mechanisms The interplay of dreams, reality and fantasy Projected Shadows aims to deepen the ongoing constructive dialogue between psychoanalysis and film. Andrea Sabbadini has assembled a remarkable number of internationally renowned contributors, both academic film scholars and psychoanalysts from a variety of cultural backgrounds, who use an array of contemporary methodologies to apply psychoanalytic thinking to film. This original collection will appeal to anyone passionate about film, as well as professionals, academics and students interested in the relationship between psychoanalysis and the arts. Primary research in education and social sciences is marked by a diversity of methods and perspectives. How can we accommodate and reflect such diversity at the level of synthesizing research? What are the critical methodological decisions in the process of a research synthesis, and how do these decisions open up certain possibilities, while closing down others? This book draws upon methodologically diverse literature on research synthesis methods and primary research methods to develop a framework for synthesizing research. It presents a Methodologically Inclusive Research Synthesis framework to facilitate critical and informed decision-making among the producers and users of research synthesis. Three guiding principles for a quality research synthesis are proposed: informed subjectivity and reflexivity, purposefully informed selective inclusivity, and audience-appropriate transparency. The book then provides a thorough discussion of how these principles might be enacted in the following six phases: -identifying an appropriate epistemological orientation -identifying an appropriate purpose -searching for relevant literature -evaluating, interpreting and distilling evidence from selected studies -constructing connected understandings -communicating with an audience. A wide range of techniques and perspectives from postpositivist, interpretive, participatory, critical and postmodern traditions are considered in the book, and Suri opens up new areas of debate by exploring numerous aspects of research syntheses from a methodologically inclusive perspective. The book will be valuable reading for researchers and postgraduates in education and social sciences BOOK COVER......Page 1 TITLE......Page 8 COPYRIGHT......Page 9 CONTENTS......Page 10 CONTRIBUTORS......Page 12 FOREWORD......Page 16 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS......Page 22 INTRODUCTION......Page 24 1 THE NIGHT OF MELANCHOLIA AND THE DAYLIGHT OF MOURNING: Anne Fontaine’s Comment j’ai tué mon père......Page 29 2 QUEST FOR A LOST MOTHER: Alina Marazzi’s Un’ora sola ti vorrei......Page 44 3 IS THERE LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL?: Keren Yedaya’s Or (Mon Tresor)......Page 58 4 THE ANOREXIC PARADOX: Matteo Garrone’s First Love......Page 69 5 REPARATION AND THE EMPATHIC OTHER: Christian Petzold’s Wolfsburg......Page 79 6 THE TALKING CURE, FROM FREUD TO ALMODÓVAR: Hable con Ella......Page 88 7 INTERGENERATIONAL TRANSMISSION: The holocaust in Central European cinema......Page 96 8 CUT AND LACED: Traumatism and fetishism in Luis Buñuel’s Un Chien Andalou......Page 115 9 TWO SHORT FILMS BY JAN SVANKMAJER: Jabberwocky and Punch and Judy......Page 125 10 COMPILATION FILM AS ‘DEFERRED ACTION’: Vincent Monnikendam’s Mother Dao, the Turtle-like......Page 132 11 MOVING BEYOND THE CONSTRAINTS OF THE MORTAL SELF: Universal images of narcissism in Jan Troell’s The Flight of the Eagle......Page 142 12 TRICYCLES, BICYCLES, LIFE CYCLES: Psychoanalytic perspectives on childhood loss and transgenerational parenting in Sylvain Chômet’s Belleville Rendez-Vous......Page 155 13 LOSS, MOURNING AND DESIRE IN MIDLIFE: François Ozon’s Under the Sand and Swimming Pool......Page 168 14 THREE SISTERS: Sibling knots in Bergman’s Cries and Whispers......Page 183 15 TIME REGAINED: The complex magic of reverse motion......Page 191 FILMS INDEX......Page 206 INDEX......Page 208

projected Shadows Presents A New Collection Of Essays Exploring Films From A Psychoanalytic Perspective, Focusing Specifically On The Representation Of Loss In European Cinema. This Theme Is Discussed In Its Many Aspects, Including: Loss Of Hope And Innocence, Of Youth, Of Consciousness, Of Freedom And Loss Through Death. Many Other Themes Familiar To Psychoanalytic Discourse Are Explored In The Process, Such As:

• establishment And Resolution Of Oedipal Conflicts


• representation Of Pathological Characters On The Screen


• use Of Unconscious Defence Mechanisms


• the Interplay Of Dreams, Reality And Fantasy

projected Shadows Aims To Deepen The Ongoing Constructive Dialogue Between Psychoanalysis And Film. Andrea Sabbadini Has Assembled A Remarkable Number Of Internationally Renowned Contributors, Both Academic Film Scholars And Psychoanalysts From A Variety Of Cultural Backgrounds, Who Use An Array Of Contemporary Methodologies To Apply Psychoanalytic Thinking To Film.

this Original Collection Will Appeal To Anyone Passionate About Film, As Well As Professionals, Academics And Students Interested In The Relationship Between Psychoanalysis And The Arts.

This book presents a new collection of essays exploring films from a psychoanalytic perspective, focussing specifically on the representation of loss in European cinema. Other themes familiar to psychoanalytic discourse are explored in the process.