Cinematic Cartography

Scale, Analysis, Topography

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by Chris Lukinbeal

Type

Essays

Subject

Theory

Keywords

theory, locations

Publishing date

2024

Publisher

Routledge

Collection

Routledge Spatial Humanities Series

Language

English

Relative size

Physical desc.

Hardcover • 192 pages
6 x 9 ½ inches (15.5 x 24 cm)

ISBN

978-1-032-42879-6

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Book Presentation:
This book uniquely bridges the conceptual gap between the history of geographic, cartographic thought, and film theory with the technological and cultural shifts that shaped the emergence of cameras and cinema.

Adorned with illustrative figures, examples, and case studies throughout, the book explores how cinema lends itself to cartography and, in turn, how cartography relates to both the individual and collective experience of cinema. By using cartography to understand space and scale in film, the book moves away from textual analysis or representation analysis to focus on the locational attribution of the sites where the cinematic landscape is being produced. It contends that viewers of moving images are active players in a complex network of cultural and mental geographies.

This volume is essential reading for students, scholars, and academics of cinematography, human, cultural, and social geography, cartography, and media studies, as well as those interested in these areas more generally.

About the Author:
Chris Lukinbeal is a professor at the School of Geography Development and Environment and founding director of Geographic Information Systems Technology Programs at the University of Arizona, USA.

See the publisher website: Routledge