American Cinema in the Shadow of 9/11 is a ground-breaking collection of essays by some of the foremost scholars writing in the field of contemporary American film. Through a dynamic critical analysis
Analyzes memory and trauma in some of the most discussed and debated films of the early twenty-first century, including "Mulholland Drive," "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind," and "City of God."
In spite of the overwhelming interest in the study of memory and trauma, no single volume has yet explored the centrality of memory to films of this era in a global context; this volume is the first a
