{"product_id":"cinematic-nihilism-john-marmysz-9781474424561","title":"Cinematic Nihilism: Encounters, Confrontations, Overcomings","description":"Exposing and illustrating how an ongoing engagement with nihilistic alienation may contribute to, rather than detract from, the value of life, \u003ci\u003eCinematic Nihilism\u003c\/i\u003e both challenges and builds upon past scholarship that has scrutinised nihilism in the media, but which has generally over-emphasised its negative and destructive aspects. Through case studies of popular films, including \u003ci\u003ePrometheus, The Dark Knight Rises, Dawn of the Dead\u003c\/i\u003e and\u003ci\u003e The Human Centiped\u003c\/i\u003ee, and with chapters on Scotland's cinematic portrayal as both a site of 'nihilistic sacrifice' and as 'nowhere in particular', this book presents a necessary corrective, re-emphasising the constructive potential of cinematic nihilism and casting it as a phenomenon that need not be overcome.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John Marmysz\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1474424562\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781474424561\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Edinburgh University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/06\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.40h x 6.30w x 0.70d","brand":"John Marmysz","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48088351604991,"sku":"9781474424561","price":130.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e617a402-4dd6-4a0d-9fae-ecef7756d783.jpg?v=1769104357","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/cinematic-nihilism-john-marmysz-9781474424561","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}