{"product_id":"bodies-in-pain-emotion-and-the-cinema-of-darren-aronofsky-9781782385752","title":"Bodies in Pain: Emotion and the Cinema of Darren","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tThe films of Darren Aronofsky invite emotional engagement by means of affective resonance between the film and the spectator’s lived body. Aronofsky’s films, which include a rich range of production from \u003cem\u003eRequiem for a Dream\u003c\/em\u003e to \u003cem\u003eBlack Swan, \u003c\/em\u003eare often considered “cerebral” because they explore topics like mathematics, madness, hallucinations, obsessions, social anxiety, addiction, psychosis, schizophrenia, and neuroscience. Yet this interest in intelligence and mental processes is deeply embedded in the operations of the body, shared with the spectator by means of a distinctively corporeal audiovisual style. \u003cem\u003eBodies in Pain\u003c\/em\u003e looks at how Aronofsky’s films engage the spectator in an affective form of viewing that involves all the senses, ultimately engendering a process of (self) reflection through their emotional dynamics.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“Moving beyond an overemphasis on graphic representational violence and sexuality, which has in many ways tautologically restrained theories of the new extremism, Laine successfully attempts to identify a series of specific aesthetic and ethical traits, by which a taxonomy of the extreme film may be more reliably and satisfactorily defined.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• Alphaville. Journal of Film \u0026amp; Screen Media\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“Laine’s evocative, near-poetic style is refreshing after the former domination of strenuous cognitivist theory in the study of film emotion, and she offers plenty of empirical evidence to back up her claims. Surely such a sensory art form as cinema deserves to be seen (or felt) through an affective lens, and Laine makes an engaging and accessible yet thoroughly rigorous argument for doing so through her study of Aronofsky’s work. \u003c\/em\u003eBodies in Pain\u003cem\u003e is recommended for those interested in film phenomenology as well as the intersections of aestheticism, emotion, and philosophy in the cinema.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• Film-Philosophy\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“\u003c\/em\u003eBodies in Pain \u003cem\u003eoffers nuanced and persuasive interpretations of Darren Aronofsky’s films, yet it is more than a study of an auteur director. Rather, Laine conceptualises film authorship as a co-creative process that involves the intentions and achievements of the filmmaker… [and] attributes to Aronofsky a distinctively corporeal audio-visual style that produces visceral, emotionally grueling responses in audience members, even as it invites thoughtful reflection on themes of obsession, delusion, and the fraught relationship between mind and body.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• Jane Stadler, \u003c\/strong\u003ethe University of Queensland\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tList of Illustrations\u003cbr\u003e \tAcknowledgements\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eIntroduction: \u003c\/strong\u003eAronofsky, Auteurship, Aesthetics\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 1.\u003c\/strong\u003e Noise: \u003cem\u003ePi\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tMigraine\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tParanoia\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tAnxiety\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 2. \u003c\/strong\u003eRhythm: \u003cem\u003eRequiem for a Dream\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tRhythm, Emotion, and Film Aesthetics\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tArtificial Rhythm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tDysphoric Rhythm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 3. \u003c\/strong\u003eGrief: \u003cem\u003eThe Fountain\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eMind and Body\u003cbr\u003e \tScience and Spirituality\u003cbr\u003e \tFinitude and Infinitude\u003cbr\u003e \tWorking Through Grief\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 4.\u003c\/strong\u003e Masochism: \u003cem\u003eThe Wrestler\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tNostalgia in Denial\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tMasochism and Spectatorship\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 5. \u003c\/strong\u003eThe Uncanny Sublime:\u003cem\u003e Black Swan\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tAestheticized\/Embodied Pain\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tUncanny Personhood\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tPain and Pleasure\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eConclusion\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eAppendix:\u003c\/strong\u003e Darren Aronofsky Filmography\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tBibliography\u003cbr\u003e \tIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Berghahn Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042219098455,"sku":"9781782385752","price":89.1,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781782385752.jpg?v=1750953492","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/bodies-in-pain-emotion-and-the-cinema-of-darren-aronofsky-9781782385752","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}