Body image in cinema

City Lit

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    Course

  • Location

    London

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    Different dates available

This interactive lecture/film course focuses on diverse representations of the body in cinema, ranging from the site of adolescent trauma (My Skinny Sister), object of unhealthy desire (Antiviral) and symbol of uncanny danger (Teeth).

BIOGRAHICAL DETAILS:
Mary Wild is a film lecturer with an academic background in psychoanalytic theory. Her research interests include cinematic representation of identity, the unconscious, mental illness and auteur studies (e.g., David Lynch, Lars von Trier, and Stanley Kubrick). In addition to teaching at City Lit, Mary is a regular speaker at the Freud Museum and Hackney Picturehouse.

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London
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Keeley Street, Covent Garden, WC2B 4BA

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About this course

-Identify different ways in which subjective perceptions of the body are portrayed on film
-Learn interpretation techniques to approach cinema in a deep and investigative way
-Become familiar with the psychoanalytic perspective, leading to a more enriched experience of film spectatorship.

There are no additional costs beyond the enrolment fee. Material for taking notes will suffice for sessions.

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  • Cinema

Course programme

The theoretical framework of this course is Freudian psychoanalysis, centering on strategies of coping with loss, the mechanism of obsession, and the emotional effect of alienation that becomes manifested on the body.

Psychoanalytic terms will be taught in an inclusive, accessible and engaging way with the help of slide presentations and video montages. Group discussion will be encouraged, and there will be no assignments outside of class.

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For all film studies courses, please pick up a copy of our prospectus or visit and browse under History, Culture and Writing. General information and advice on courses at City Lit is available from the Student Centre and Library on Monday to Friday from 12:00 – 19:00. See the course guide for term dates and further details

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