Body Shots

Early Cinema’s Incarnations

AvJonathan Auerbach

Häftad, Engelska, 2007

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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 McKinley, and ordinary people caught by the movie camera in their daily routines. The result is a sharp, unique, and groundbreaking way to consider the turn-of-the-twentieth-century American incarnation of cinema itself.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2007-10-09
Mått:152 x 229 x 13 mm
Vikt:318 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:214
Förlag:University of California Press
ISBN:9780520252936

Utforska kategorier

Film inom Kultur

Mer om författaren

Jonathan Auerbach is Professor of English at the University of Maryland, College Park and is the author of Male Call: Becoming Jack London (1996) and The Romance of Failure: First-Person Fictions of Poe, Hawthorne, and James (1989).

Recensioner i media

"It is essential reading and serve to remind us of the richness of this period of cinema production for film scholarship." -- Anna Dzenis Screening The Past "Brings a refreshing perspective to the study of early cinema." -- Abigail Salerno American Literature "Carefully locating his work in relation to scholarship that has characterized the period as 'cinema of attractions,' Auerbach provides a supplement to, rather than a repudiation of, this important scholarship." -- Steve J. Wurtzler Journal Of American History "Delightful ... Perhaps most refreshing in Auerbach's writing is his healthy appetite for the action, and the people acting." Year's Work In Critical And Cultural Theory "Clever, erudite, illuminating, and maddening." American Studies Journal

Innehållsförteckning

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