{"product_id":"cinema-suffering-and-psychoanalysis-laura-stephenson-9798765105672","title":"Cinema, Suffering and Psychoanalysis: The Mechanism of Self","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eCinema, Suffering and Psychoanalysis \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eexplores psychological disorder as common to the human condition using a unique three-angled approach: psychoanalysis \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003erecognises\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e the inherent suffering encountered by each subject due to developmental phases; psychology applies specific \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ecategorisation\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e to how this suffering manifests; cinema depicts suffering through a combination of video and aural elements. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFunctioning as a culturally reflexive medium, the six feature films analysed, including \u003ci\u003eBlack Swan \u003c\/i\u003e(2010) and \u003ci\u003eThe Machinist \u003c\/i\u003e(2004), represent some of the most common psychological disorders and lived experiences of the contemporary era. This book enters unchartered terrain in cinema scholarship by combining clinical psychology's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual Five (DSM-V) to organise and diagnose each character, and psychoanalysis to track the origin, mechanism and affect of the psychological disorder within the narrative trajectory of each film. Lacan's theories on the infantile mirror phase, the Imaginary, and the Symbolic, Zizek's theories on the Real, the big Other and the Event, and Kristeva's theories on abjection and melancholia work in combination with the DSM's classification of symptoms to interpret six contemporary pieces of cinema. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBy taking into consideration that origin, mechanism, affect \u003ci\u003eand \u003c\/i\u003esymptomatology are part of an interconnected group, this book explores psychological disorder as part of the human condition, something which contributes to and informs personal identity. More specifically, this research refutes the notion that psychological disorder and psychological health exist as a binary, instead recognising that what has traditionally been pathologised, may instead be viewed as variations on human identity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Laura Stephenson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798765105672\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Academic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/23\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 232\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.69lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.48d","brand":"Laura Stephenson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46767313060095,"sku":"9798765105672","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a5a11c3f-1a16-47ee-a689-26887f2495df.jpg?v=1744169452","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/cinema-suffering-and-psychoanalysis-laura-stephenson-9798765105672","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}