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Surveillance on Screen: Monitoring Contemporary Films and Television Programs
Sébastien Lefait
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Description for Surveillance on Screen: Monitoring Contemporary Films and Television Programs
Hardcover. Drawing on the rapidly developing field of surveillance studies, this book examines television shows and films-including Lost, Survivor, Minority Report, Enemy of the State, and Nineteen Eighty-Four-that shape our experience of surveillance, both as watchers and as those being watched. Num Pages: 252 pages, 29 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: APFN; APT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 166 x 34. Weight in Grams: 540.
The theme of surveillance has become an increasingly common element in movies and television shows, perhaps as a response to the sense that the world is now virtually under watch. But the recent surge of this filmic device calls for an explanation that transcends the basic assumption that media illustrates the changes of society. The persistent and growing presence of surveillance in cinematic productions is not merely a reflection of the advent of surveillance societies, but rather an aesthetic adaptation to the evolution of watching patterns. In Surveillance on Screen: Monitoring Contemporary Films and Television Programs, Sébastien Lefait examines ... Read more
The theme of surveillance has become an increasingly common element in movies and television shows, perhaps as a response to the sense that the world is now virtually under watch. But the recent surge of this filmic device calls for an explanation that transcends the basic assumption that media illustrates the changes of society. The persistent and growing presence of surveillance in cinematic productions is not merely a reflection of the advent of surveillance societies, but rather an aesthetic adaptation to the evolution of watching patterns. In Surveillance on Screen: Monitoring Contemporary Films and Television Programs, Sébastien Lefait examines ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Scarecrow Press
Number of pages
252
Condition
New
Number of Pages
252
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780810885905
SKU
V9780810885905
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About Sébastien Lefait
Sébastien Lefait is Lecturer in English Literature and Film at the University of Corsica.
Reviews for Surveillance on Screen: Monitoring Contemporary Films and Television Programs
This volume will be of interest to film and media students and can serve to supplement other film reference works in modern cinema. It may also be of interest to those in surveillance studies, sociology, and information technology.
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Lefait presents a series of detailed arguments throughout the book about the intertwined relationship between surveillance ... Read more
American Reference Books Annual
Lefait presents a series of detailed arguments throughout the book about the intertwined relationship between surveillance ... Read more