cinema, military psychiatry, and the aftermath of war /
Noah Tsika.
Oakland, California :
University of California Press,
[2018]
ix, 290 pages :
illustrations ;
24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : documenting the "residue of battle" -- "Imaging the mind" : military psychiatry meets documentary film -- Solemn venues : war trauma and the expanding nontheatrical realm -- Selling "psycho films" : trauma cinema and the military-industrial complex -- Psychodocudramatics : role-playing war trauma from the hospital to Hollywood -- "Casualties of the spirit" : let there be light and its contexts -- Conclusion : traumatic returns.
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"Forced to contend with unprecedented levels of psychological trauma during World War II, the United States military began sponsoring a series of nontheatrical films designed to educate and even rehabilitate soldiers and civilians alike. Traumatic Imprints examines wartime and postwar debates about, aspirations for, and uses of cinema as a vehicle for studying, publicizing, and even 'working through' war trauma"--Provided by publisher.
15246223
Traumatic imprints.
9780520969926
Kino
University of South Alabama
Nonfiction films-- United States-- History and criticism.
World War, 1939-1945-- Motion pictures and the war.