Cinema Beyond Film

Media Epistemology in the Modern Era

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Edited by François Albera and Maria Tortajada

Type

Studies

Subject

Silent Cinema

Keywords

early cinema, theory

Publishing date

2010

Publisher

Amsterdam University Press

Collection

Film Culture in Transition

Language

English

Relative size

Physical desc.

Paperback • 224 pages
6 x 9 ¼ inches (15.5 x 23.5 cm)

ISBN

978-90-8964-083-3

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Book Presentation:
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 the appearance of the cinema; the archaeological approach to voyeurism, which would become one of the recurrent concepts of cinematographic studies; the introduction of audiovisual technologies in contemporary theatre and the ways in which they have affected the actor’s body.

About the authors:
François Albera is professor of film and cinema studies at the University of Lausanne in Switzerland.
Maria Tortajada is assistant professor in the Department of History and the Aesthetics of Film, also at the University of Lausanne.

See the publisher website: Amsterdam University Press