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Narrative, Film, and Identity

How Cinema Impacts the Meaning of Life

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philosophy, cinema influence
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Brill
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English
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Hardcover204 pages
6 x 9 ½ inches (15.5 x 24 cm)
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978-90-04-71107-5
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Book Presentation:
Bringing together scholarship on film, narrative identity, and the philosophy of meaning in life, this book is a unique study of how film narratives and life narratives intersect in ways that positively and negatively affect the meanings of our lives.

About the Author:
William C. Pamerleau, Ph.D., is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg. He publishes articles on a variety of philosophical topics but specializes in the philosophy of film. He is the author of Existentialist Cinema (2009).

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