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Darwin's Screens: Evolutionary Aesthetics, Time and Sexual Display in the Cinema (Academic Monographs)
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Paperback. Series: Academic Monographs. Num Pages: 256 pages, illus. BIC Classification: APFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 209 x 138 x 14. Weight in Grams: 306.
Darwin's Screens addresses a major gap in film scholarship - the key influence of Charles Darwin's theories on the history of the cinema. Much has been written on the effect of other great thinkers such as Freud and Marx but very little on the important role played by Darwinian ideas on the evolution of the newest art form of the twentieth century. Creed argues that Darwinian ideas influenced the evolution of early film genres such as horror, the detective film, science fiction, film noir and the musical. Her study draws on Darwin's theories of sexual selection, deep time and transformation, ... Read more
Darwin's Screens addresses a major gap in film scholarship - the key influence of Charles Darwin's theories on the history of the cinema. Much has been written on the effect of other great thinkers such as Freud and Marx but very little on the important role played by Darwinian ideas on the evolution of the newest art form of the twentieth century. Creed argues that Darwinian ideas influenced the evolution of early film genres such as horror, the detective film, science fiction, film noir and the musical. Her study draws on Darwin's theories of sexual selection, deep time and transformation, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Melbourne University Publishing
Condition
New
Series
Academic Monographs
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Carlton, Australia
ISBN
9780522857092
SKU
V9780522857092
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About Unknown
Barbara Creed is Professor of Cinema Studies and Head of the School of Culture and Communication at the University of Melbourne.
Reviews for Darwin's Screens: Evolutionary Aesthetics, Time and Sexual Display in the Cinema (Academic Monographs)
'What a wonderful book! Barbara Creed's wide-ranging study soars - to take on the evolutionary implications of the movies, spanning classic horror, to science fiction, to film noir.' - Professor Barbara Maria Stafford, University of Chicago, author of Echo Objects: The Cognitive Work of Images