Mimesis, Movies, and Media: Violence, Desire, and the Sacred, Volume 3

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Building on the growing recognition and critical acclaim of volumes 1 and 2 of Violence, Desire, and the Sacred, this third volume in the series showcases the most groundbreaking, interdisciplinary research in mimetic theory, with a focus on well-known films, television series, and other media. Mimesis, Movies, and Media reaches beyond the traditional boundaries of continental theory to demonstrate how scholars apply and develop René Girard's insights in light of contemporary media. It brings together major Australian and international scholars working at the intersection of popular culture and philosophy. FC Half Title Title Page Copyright Dedication Contents Contributors Introduction Part One: Media and Representation 1. On the One Medium: Eric Gans 2. The Scapegoat Mechanism and the Media: Beyond the Folk Devil Paradigm: John O’Carroll 3. The Apocalypse Will Not Be Televised: Chris Fleming Part Two: Film 4. Mirrors of Nature: Artificial Agents in Real Life and Virtual Worlds: Paul Dumouchel 5. Superheroes, Scapegoats, and Saviors:The Problem of Evil and the Need for Redemption: Joel Hodge 6. Sanctified Victimage on Page and Screen: The Hunger Games as Prophetic Media: Debra E. MacDonald 7. The Matrix E-Motion: Simulation, Mimesis, Hypermimesis: Nidesh Lawtoo 8. Apocalypse of the Therapeutic: The Cabin inthe Woods and the Death of Mimetic Desire: Peter Y. Paik 9. Eyes Wide Shut: Mimesis and Historical Memory in Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining: David Humbert 10. Against Romantic Love: Mimeticism and Satirein Woody Allen’s Vicky Cristina Barcelona,You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger, and To Rome with Love: Scott Cowdell 11. A Beautiful Crisis? Ang Lee’s Film Adaptation of The Ice Storm: Carly Osborn 12. Cowboy Metaphysics, the Virtuous-Enough Cowboy, and Mimetic Desire in Stephen Frears’s The Hi-Lo Country: Thomas Ryba Part Three: Television 13. The Self in Crisis: Watching Mad Men and Homeland with Girard and Hegel: Paolo Diego Bubbio 14. Media, Murder, and Memoir: Girardian Baroque in Robert Drewe’s The Shark Net: Rosamund Dalziell 15. Conversion in Dexter: Matthew John Paul Tan and Joel Hodge Appendix: René Girard at a Glance: Scott Cowdell, Chris Fleming, and Joel Hodge Glossary of Key Girardian Terms: Scott Cowdell, Chris Fleming, and Joel Hodge Further Reading Index