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Alfred Hitchcock´s Vertigo and the Hermeneutic Spiral
Robert J. Belton
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Description for Alfred Hitchcock´s Vertigo and the Hermeneutic Spiral
Hardback. Num Pages: 200 pages, 4 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: AP; APFA; HPK; HPN; JMR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. .
This book offers a new approach to film studies by showing how our brains use our interpretations of various other films in order to understand Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo. Borrowing from behavioral psychology, cognitive science and philosophy, author Robert J. Belton seeks to explain differences of critical opinion as inevitable. The book begins by introducing the hermeneutic spiral, a cognitive processing model that categorizes responses to Vertigo's meaning, ranging from wide consensus to wild speculations of critical outliers. Belton then provides an overview of the film, arguing that different interpreters literally ... Read more
This book offers a new approach to film studies by showing how our brains use our interpretations of various other films in order to understand Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo. Borrowing from behavioral psychology, cognitive science and philosophy, author Robert J. Belton seeks to explain differences of critical opinion as inevitable. The book begins by introducing the hermeneutic spiral, a cognitive processing model that categorizes responses to Vertigo's meaning, ranging from wide consensus to wild speculations of critical outliers. Belton then provides an overview of the film, arguing that different interpreters literally ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Weight
28g
Number of Pages
155
Place of Publication
Cham, Switzerland
ISBN
9783319551876
SKU
V9783319551876
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Ref
99-15
About Robert J. Belton
Robert J. Belton has taught film studies, popular music, and art history and theory at The University of British Columbia, McMaster, Western and Queen's Universities. He is author of Sights of Resistance: Approaches to Canadian Visual Culture and other books.
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