The Persona of Ingmar Bergman - 9781442245655

The Persona of Ingmar BergmanConquering Demons through Film\nAuthor(s): Barbara Young\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, United States\nImprint: Rowman & Littlefield\nISBN-13: 9781442245655, 978-1442245655\nSynopsis\nBorn to a mother who did not want him and a father who humiliated him during his upbringing, Ingmar Bergman somehow endured his dysfunctional family to become one of the great artists of the twentieth century. However, the scars left from his early agony affected him both physically and emotionally. He suffered with a disabling psychosomatic gastrointestinal illness and serious problems in his interpersonal relationships. \n\nIn The Persona of Ingmar Bergman: Conquering Demons through Film, Barbara Young looks at how the directors personal life shaped his creative output. A practicing psychiatrist and psychoanalyst, Young probes Bergmans relationships with his parents, his wives, his children, and his colleagues to explore the meanings of his ma.