scholarly journals Incredible but Very Real: 3D Cinema and Trauma in the Wake of WWII and 9/11

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Thor Fadlon
Keyword(s):  
September 11 ◽  
Cultural Trauma ◽  
Historical Background ◽  
Trauma Theory ◽  
Research Focus ◽  
Box Office ◽  
The Us ◽  
Post Traumatic ◽  
Post September 11 ◽  
New Millennium

<p>This thesis investigates Hollywood and global Hollywood 3D cinema at the height of its box office success, the early fifties, and from 2009-2014. Discourse surrounding 3D cinema in both periods is governed largely by technological and economic arguments. While this discourse holds some merit, it overlooks the cultural and historical background against which 3D cinema rose to prominence.  Shifting research focus from the technological and economic to the cultural, this project uncovers the presence of trauma in 3D cinema of the fifties and D3D of the new millennium, and argues 3D cinema to be a privileged form to engage with traumatic themes. As trauma is uncovered in 3D cinema, connections are drawn between the narratives and poetics of the films discussed and post-traumatic themes prevalent in the US post WWII, and post September 11 respectively.  Focusing on questions of representation, embodiment and temporality, which hold a central role both in 3D cinema and trauma theory, this project finds that 3D cinema narratives and poetics of each period resonated with the cultural trauma that preceded it.</p>

scholarly journals Incredible but Very Real: 3D Cinema and Trauma in the Wake of WWII and 9/11

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Thor Fadlon
Keyword(s):  
September 11 ◽  
Cultural Trauma ◽  
Historical Background ◽  
Trauma Theory ◽  
Research Focus ◽  
Box Office ◽  
The Us ◽  
Post Traumatic ◽  
Post September 11 ◽  
New Millennium

<p>This thesis investigates Hollywood and global Hollywood 3D cinema at the height of its box office success, the early fifties, and from 2009-2014. Discourse surrounding 3D cinema in both periods is governed largely by technological and economic arguments. While this discourse holds some merit, it overlooks the cultural and historical background against which 3D cinema rose to prominence.  Shifting research focus from the technological and economic to the cultural, this project uncovers the presence of trauma in 3D cinema of the fifties and D3D of the new millennium, and argues 3D cinema to be a privileged form to engage with traumatic themes. As trauma is uncovered in 3D cinema, connections are drawn between the narratives and poetics of the films discussed and post-traumatic themes prevalent in the US post WWII, and post September 11 respectively.  Focusing on questions of representation, embodiment and temporality, which hold a central role both in 3D cinema and trauma theory, this project finds that 3D cinema narratives and poetics of each period resonated with the cultural trauma that preceded it.</p>

scholarly journals Introduction to Narrative Phenomenon Model: A Framework for Mapping War Stories that Travel through Generations

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
pp. 127-148
Author(s):  
Chandi Raj Dahal
Keyword(s):  
Generational Differences ◽  
Armed Conflict ◽  
Conflict Situation ◽  
Cultural Trauma ◽  
Trauma Theory ◽  
Communication Model ◽  
Post Conflict ◽  
Basic Understanding ◽  
Post Traumatic ◽  
War Stories

This article relies upon cultural trauma theory for the basic understanding of storytelling in a post-traumatic situation and presents its findings based on researcher’s own observation of a post conflict situation of decade long armed conflict in Nepal. It introduces a communication model to explain the storytelling phenomenon that emerges during and after any violent situation and that exists through newer generations. First, the article discusses some theories related to trauma stories and sociology of generational differences. Second, it proposes Narrative Phenomenon Model as a new tool that can map the journey of trauma stories created by those exposed to war or violent events. Third, it discusses how narratives get created, modified or transformed into multiple truths.

Fighting the Battles We Never Could: The Avengers and Post-September 11 American Political Identities

2013 ◽  
Vol 47 (01) ◽  
pp. 120-124 ◽  
Author(s):  
Annika Hagley ◽  
Michael Harrison
Keyword(s):  
Comic Book ◽  
September 11 ◽  
Political Identities ◽  
The Third ◽  
Captain America ◽  
Box Office ◽  
Post September 11

On June 26, 2012, Marvel'sThe Avengersbecame the third movie in history to earn $600 million dollars at the box office. The film was well received by fans and critics alike and it stood at the apex of a series of superhero movies released in the last decade. The mass appeal of the superhero, as evidenced by this success, has never seemed more powerful than in the years since September 11, a day that floored the likes of Captain America, who wept amidst the rubble with Spider-Man. “Some things are beyond words. Beyond comprehension. Beyond forgiveness” (Straczynski, Romita, and Hanna 2001, 2–3). In this atmosphere of uncertainty, comic book writers struggle to deal with the realization that, when America needed its heroes the most, they could only stand among the wreckage of the smoldering twin towers with the rest of us and ask “why?”

scholarly journals HISTORY (EDUCATION) OF MODERN ISLAM IN THE PERSPECTIVE OF IBRAHIM M. ABU-RABI '

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 135-144
Author(s):  
Nurul Mubin
Keyword(s):  
September 11 ◽  
Political Islam ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Islamic Education ◽  
Islamic History ◽  
The Us ◽  
Religious Perspectives ◽  
Post September 11 ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Fundamental Values

The debate among Western academics, US politicians and security councils has intensifiedfollowing similar attacks, although not as devastating as the September 11 tragedy, somesee political Islam, especially regarding the relationship between Islam and democracy,at least divided into two major currents; the first group is a group that concludes thatIslam does not oppose democracy, the second group is a group that views Islam asopposed to democracy. This group assumes that the fundamental values of Islam arevery compatible with democracy. Islam is not anti-democratic, but between Islam anddemocracy can live side by side. Not only are Western thinkers who have views like this,not a few among Islamic scholars have this view. Ibrahim M. Abu Rabi 'in the theme of hisarticle entitled "A Post- September 11 Critical Assessment of Modern Islamic History" inthe book "September 11, Religious Perspectives on the Causa and Consequences" triedto question and then explain why there were attacks on the US by groups Muslims fromthe point of view of Qur'anic rationalization of violence. Because after all, the tragedyhas changed the West's image of Islam which has become increasingly negative and haseven reached a terrible level, the symptom of fear known as Islamamphobia. Ibrahim M.Abu Rabi 'tried to examine the tragedy in a historical perspective. This article outlinesattempts to discuss his thoughts on the important points to be elaborated, namely: 1).education in the Muslim world; modern or traditional. 2). M. Abu Rabi's Inspiration ofThought 'in the Renewal of the Islamic Education System in PTKAI and PTU.

scholarly journals Bootstrap Causality Tests Of The Relationship Between The Equity Markets Of The US And Other Developed Countries: Pre- And Post-September 11

2011 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Abdulnasser Hatemi-J ◽  
Eduardo Roca ◽  
Daniel Buncic
Keyword(s):  
Structural Break ◽  
Equity Markets ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
September 11 ◽  
Bootstrap Approach ◽  
The Us ◽  
Causality Tests ◽  
Post September 11 ◽  
The Uk ◽  
The Relationship

We analyse the causal relationship between the equity markets of the US and those of the UK, Japan, Germany, France, Canada and Australia based on leveraged bootstrap approach developed by Hacker and Hatemi-J (2005). This method overcomes problems of non-normalities and ARCH effects in the data. Using weekly MSCI price indices, we focus our investigation on the period 1998 to 2005 which we divided into two sub-periods to take into account the potential structural break arising from September 11. Our results show that before September 11, there was bi-directional causality between the US and Japan and between the US and Germany. In addition, there was also a uni-directional causality from the US to Canada and from the US to France. After September 11, the only causality was a unidirectional one from the US to Japan and from the UK to the US. Thus, after September 11, the US Granger-caused a fewer number of markets. This could imply that after September 11, the other markets became more efficient in responding to information transmitted from the US market.

Like Daughter, Like Grandson: Queering Post-Traumatic Memory

2021 ◽  
pp. 175069802098201
Author(s):  
Golan Moskowitz
Keyword(s):  
Queer Theory ◽  
Queer Studies ◽  
Memory Studies ◽  
Trauma Theory ◽  
Traumatic Memory ◽  
Mother Child Relationships ◽  
Post Traumatic

Queer and trauma theory both concern internal experiences that challenge normative social frameworks. Considering the roles of queerness within trauma and memory studies opens interpretive pathways for otherwise discredited or inaccessible meanings. It also relates survivors’ receding knowledge to those currently “queered” or endangered. With a focus on childhood and mother-child relationships, this article maps intersections of memory studies, queer theory, and trauma theory, applying subsequent insights to an “autotheoretical” analysis of the author’s own transnational, post-Holocaust family across four generations. It explores the possibility through queer studies of excavating new post-traumatic meanings and relating those meanings to present contexts.

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