Spectatorship

The Power of Looking On

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by Michele Aaron

Type

Studies

Subject

Sociology

Keywords

sociology, viewer

Publishing date

2007

Publisher

Wallflower Press

Collection

Short Cuts

Language

English

Relative size

Physical desc.

Paperback • 144 pages
5 x 8 inches (13 x 20 cm)

ISBN

978-1-905674-01-5

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Book Presentation:
This book cuts a lucid path through the debate on spectatorship. It revisits the classics of Hollywood; explores films beyond the mainstream, such as Dogme 95; and shows how cinema makes a spectacle of the everyday while turning the spectacular into something commonplace. It also muses on the consequences of our sharing in or witnessing the private or intimate acts of others and our enjoyment of events that often represent a gross break with legal and social mores.

About the Author:
Michele Aaron lectures on film in the American and Canadian Studies department at the University of Birmingham. She is the editor of New Queer Cinema: A Critical Reader and has published various articles on spectatorship.

Press Reviews:
[A] fascinating assessment of a tricky, important issue. Empire

See the publisher website: Wallflower Press