Narrative, Film, and Identity

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Narrative, Film, and Identity is written by William Pamerleau and published by BRILL. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 9004711082 (ISBN 10) and 9789004711082 (ISBN 13).

Our identities are shaped by narratives, and cinema contributes to that process. While there is substantial scholarship on both narrative identity and film narrative, there is very little investigation of the intersection between them. This book provides that, with particular attention to how the interaction between film narratives and life narratives affect the meaning of life. Traditional issues like spectator activity and realism appear in a different light when viewed through this interaction. It also reveals how film can both help and hinder the meaning of our lives by sustaining oppressive narratives or promoting new narrative possibilities.