1st Edition
Cinema Beyond Film Media Epistemology in the Modern Era
272 Pages
by
Routledge
272 Pages
by
Routledge
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This thoughtful exploratory study deals with three seminal issues in film theory, notably the relationship of image and sound, early manifestations of the moving image, and new connections between the voice and the use of the body in contemporary cinema. The contributors discuss, among aothers, the period at the end of the nineteenth century, with the exploration of medical discourses linked to... Read more
Acknowledgments, Introduction to an Epistemology of Viewing and Listening Dis 1 Epistemology, The 1900 Episteme1, Projected Cinema (A Hypothesis on the Cinema’s Imagination) , The Case for an Epistemography of Montage, The ‘Cinematographic Snapshot’, The Cinematograph versus Photography, or Cyclists and Time in the Work of Alfred Jarry , 2 Exhibition, Dynamic Paths of Thought , The Lecture, 3 Body and Voice, Dancing Dolls and Mechanical Eyes, From Broadcast Performance to Virtual Show, The Lecturer, the Image, the Machine and the Audio-Spectator , On the Singular Status of the Human Voice, About the Authors, Bibliography. Index of Names, Index of Titles, Index of Subjects.
Biography
Maria Tortajada is professor in the Department of History and Aesthetics of Film at Université de Lausanne in Switzerland.
