{"product_id":"the-besieged-ego-doppelgangers-and-split-identity-onscreen-paperback","title":"The Besieged Ego: Doppelgangers and Split Identity Onscreen - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCaroline Ruddell\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Besieged Ego critically appraises the representation, or mediation, of identity in film and television through a thorough analysis of doppelgangers and split or fragmentary characters. The prevalence of non-autonomous characters in a wide variety of film and television examples calls into question the very concept of a unified, 'knowable' identity. The form of the double, and cinematic modes and rhetorics used to denote fragmentary identity, is addressed in the book through a detailed analysis of texts drawn from a range of industrial, historical and cultural contexts. The doppelganger or double carries significant cultural meanings about what it means to be 'human' and the experience of identity as a gendered individual. The double also expresses in fictional form our problematic experience of the world as a social, and supposedly whole and autonomous, subject. \u003ci\u003eThe Besieged Ego\u003c\/i\u003e therefore raises important questions about the representation of identity onscreen and concomitant issues regarding autonomy and what it means to be 'human', yet it also charts a generic account of the double onscreen. Case studies include horror, fantasy, and comedy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 152\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.33 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 30, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46397773086855,"sku":"9781399569576","price":42.66,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/5Lmf7deCfU9781399569576.webp?v=1793562613","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/the-besieged-ego-doppelgangers-and-split-identity-onscreen-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}