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Bodies in Suspense: Time and Affect in Cinema
Alanna Thain
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Description for Bodies in Suspense: Time and Affect in Cinema
Paperback. Num Pages: 328 pages, 20. BIC Classification: APFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 139 x 215 x 38. .
Bodies in Suspense presents a powerful new way to think through postdigital cinema and the affective turn in critical theory. According to Alanna Thain, suspense films allow us to experience the relation between two bodies: that of the film and that of the viewer. Through the time machine of suspense, film form, gender, genre, and spectatorship are revealed in innovative and different ways. These films not only engage us directly in ethical concerns, but also provide a key for understanding corporeal power in the digital era. Offering a new framework for understanding cinematic suspense, ... Read more
Bodies in Suspense presents a powerful new way to think through postdigital cinema and the affective turn in critical theory. According to Alanna Thain, suspense films allow us to experience the relation between two bodies: that of the film and that of the viewer. Through the time machine of suspense, film form, gender, genre, and spectatorship are revealed in innovative and different ways. These films not only engage us directly in ethical concerns, but also provide a key for understanding corporeal power in the digital era. Offering a new framework for understanding cinematic suspense, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Weight
28 g
Number of Pages
328
Place of Publication
Minnesota, United States
ISBN
9780816692958
SKU
V9780816692958
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About Alanna Thain
Alanna Thain is associate professor of English and world cinemas, and director of the Institute for Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Studies at McGill University.
Reviews for Bodies in Suspense: Time and Affect in Cinema
A significant contribution to contemporary cultural theory, to film studies, and to the philosophy of time, Bodies in Suspense connects the cinematic experience of time to its production of the body in a way that no previous theorist has done-by bringing together the study of temporality and affect theory. -Todd McGowan, author of Out of Time: Desire in Atemporal Cinema ... Read more