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Cinematic Canines: Dogs and Their Work in the Fiction Film
Adrienne L. McLean (Ed.)
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Dogs have been part of motion pictures since the movies began. They have been featured onscreen in various capacities, from any number of “man’s best friends” (Rin Tin Tin, Asta, Toto, Lassie, Benji, Uggie, and many, many more) to the psychotic Cujo. The contributors to Cinematic Canines take a close look at Hollywood films and beyond in order to show that the popularity of dogs on the screen cannot be separated from their increasing presence in our lives over the past century.
The representation and visualization of dogs in cinema, as of other animals, has influenced our understanding of ... Read more
Dogs have been part of motion pictures since the movies began. They have been featured onscreen in various capacities, from any number of “man’s best friends” (Rin Tin Tin, Asta, Toto, Lassie, Benji, Uggie, and many, many more) to the psychotic Cujo. The contributors to Cinematic Canines take a close look at Hollywood films and beyond in order to show that the popularity of dogs on the screen cannot be separated from their increasing presence in our lives over the past century.
The representation and visualization of dogs in cinema, as of other animals, has influenced our understanding of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Rutgers University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
264
Place of Publication
New Brunswick NJ, United States
ISBN
9780813563558
SKU
V9780813563558
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About Adrienne L. McLean (Ed.)
ADRIENNE L. MCLEAN is a professor of film studies at the University of Texas at Dallas. She is the author or editor of many books, including Glamour in a Golden Age: Movie Stars of the 1930s (Rutgers University Press 2010), Dying Swans and Madmen: Ballet, the Body and Narrative Cinema (Rutgers University Press, 2008), and Being Rita Hayworth: Labor, Identity, ... Read more
Reviews for Cinematic Canines: Dogs and Their Work in the Fiction Film
"With obvious affection for their subjects, the authors of the fascinating essays in Cinematic Canines provide a trove of information on famous dogs in the movies and how they have been handled and mishandled by the humans behind the camera."
Stephen Prince
author of Digital Visual Effects in Cinema: The Seduction of Reality
"A book for Fido’s ... Read more
Stephen Prince
author of Digital Visual Effects in Cinema: The Seduction of Reality
"A book for Fido’s ... Read more