The promise of cinema : German film theory, 1907--1933 / edited by Anton Kaes, Nicholas Baer, and Mi...
The promise of cinema : German film theory, 1907--1933 / edited by Anton Kaes, Nicholas Baer, and Mi...
The promise of cinema : German film theory, 1907--1933 / edited by Anton Kaes, Nicholas Baer, and Michael Cowan.
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Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2016]
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G 2019/2712
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English
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Physical content
xv, 682 pages ; 27 cm.
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Section one. Transformations of experience. The new sensorium ; The world in motion ; The time machine ; The magic of the body ; Spectatorship and sites of exhibition ; An art for the times -- Section two: Film culture and politics. Moral panic and reform ; Image wars ; The specter of Hollywood ; Ci...
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Publisher
Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2016]
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Place of Publication
California
Date Published
[2016]
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Summary
"Rich in implications for our present era of media change, The Promise of Cinema offers a compelling new vision of film theory. The volume conceives of "theory" not as a fixed body of canonical texts, but as a dynamic set of reflections on the very idea of cinema and the possibilities once associated with it. Unearthing more than 275 early-twentiet...
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The promise of cinema : German film theory, 1907--1933 / edited by Anton Kaes, Nicholas Baer, and Michael Cowan.
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Weimar and now German Cultural Criticism ; 49
Includes bibliographical references (pages 613-638) and index.
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©2016
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G 2019/2712
Record Identifier
74VKVxP6xDZg
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVxP6xDZg
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ISBN
9780520219083 (pbk ; alk. paper)
0520219082 (pbk ; alk. paper)
9780520219076 (cloth ; alk. paper)
0520219074 (cloth ; alk. paper)
DDC
791.430943
MMS ID
991024244809902626
