{"product_id":"cinematic-nihilism-john-marmysz-9781474431712","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, \u003cem\u003eCinematic Nihilism \u003c\/em\u003eboth 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 \u003cem\u003ePrometheus, The Dark Knight Rises, Dawn of the Dead\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Human Centipede\u003c\/em\u003e, 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 1474431712\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781474431712\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 08\/07\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.40d","brand":"John Marmysz","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44123876884735,"sku":"9781474431712","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_21fa50e9-d3a0-474d-8f3d-940f11a69cc1.jpg?v=1687433411","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/cinematic-nihilism-john-marmysz-9781474431712","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}