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Informationen zum Autor Frances Pheasant-Kelly is Senior Lecturer in Film Studies and Course Leader for the MA in Film Studies and Course Leader for the MA in Film Studies at the University of Wolverhampton. She holds a PhD in Film Studies from the University of East Anglia and is the author of Fantasy Film Post- 9/11 (2013). Klappentext American cinema abounds with films set in prisons! asylums! hospitals and other institutions. Exploring the abject through issues as diverse as racism! mental illness or the preservation of bodies for organ donation! this book analyses a range of films including "The Shawshank Redemption: (1994)! "Full Metal Jacket" (1987) and "Girl! Interrupted". American cinema abounds with films set in prisons, asylums, hospitals and other institutions. Exploring the abject through issues as diverse as racism, mental illness or the preservation of bodies for organ donation, this book analyses a range of films including "The Shawshank Redemption: (1994), "Full Metal Jacket" (1987) and "Girl, Interrupted". Zusammenfassung American cinema abounds with films set in prisons, asylums, hospitals and other institutions. Exploring the abject through issues as diverse as racism, mental illness or the preservation of bodies for organ donation, this book analyses a range of films including "The Shawshank Redemption: (1994), "Full Metal Jacket" (1987) and "Girl, Interrupted". Inhaltsverzeichnis Part One: Becoming a Man/Woman: Spaces of Training 1. Schooling and the Feminine Body: 'Carrie' 2 Training the Athletic Body: 'Remember The Titans' 3 Ordering the Military Body: 'Full Metal Jacket' Part Two: Maintaining Self: Spaces of Discipline 4 Staying Clean and Proper: 'The Shawshank Redemption' 5 Performing Masculinity: 'Lock Up' 6 Resisting the Gaze: 'The Last Castle' Part Three: Therapy as Surveillance: Spaces of Care 7 On The Edge: 'Girl, Interrupted' 8 Maintaining Life: 'Coma' 9 Confronting Death: 'Bubba Ho-tep'...
