Body Shots : Early Cinema's Incarnations
Jonathan. Auerbach
Bok Engelsk 2007 · Electronic books.
Utgitt | Berkeley : : University of California Press, , 2007.
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Omfang | 1 online resource (214 p.)
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Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Body, Movement, Space; Part I. Bodies in Public; 1. Looking In: McKinley at Home; 2. Looking Out: Visualizing Self-Consciousness; Interlude. The Vocal Gesture:Sounding the Origins of Cinema; Part II. Bodies in Space; 3. Chasing Film Narrative; 4. Windows 1900; or, Life of an American Fireman; Conclusion: The Stilled Body; Notes; Bibliography; Index. - This original and compelling book places the body at the center of cinema's first decade of emergence and challenges the idea that for early audiences, the new medium's fascination rested on visual spectacle for its own sake. Instead, as Jonathan Auerbach argues, it was the human form in motion that most profoundly shaped early cinema. Situating his discussion in a political and historical context, Auerbach begins his analysis with films that reveal striking anxieties and preoccupations about persons on public display-both exceptional figures, such as 1896 presidential candidate William McKinl
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Emner | Body, Human, in motion pictures
Silent films - History and criticism Human body in motion pictures. Film Vis mer... Historisk framstilling
Kroppen : (NO-TrBIB)HUME03853 Menneskekroppen Music, Dance, Drama & Film filmhistorie stumfilm kropp bevegelse filmkritikk |
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ISBN | 9780520252592. - 9780520252936
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