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The Place of Breath in Cinema
Davina Quinlivan
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Description for The Place of Breath in Cinema
Paperback. A study that considers the placement of the breathing body in the film experience and its implications for the study of embodiment in film and sensuous spectatorship. It has emphasis on the human body as an breathing body coupled with a fresh engagement with continental philosophy, Post-Structuralist Film Theory, and Contemporary Western Cinema. Num Pages: 192 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: APFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 163 x 11. Weight in Grams: 304.
This is an exploration of the figuring of absence in film. This study considers the placement of the breathing body in the film experience and its implications for the study of embodiment in film and sensuous spectatorship. Davina Quinlivan shapes her engagement with film by the foregrounding of the human body in the filmic diegesis and the viewing experience. This emphasis on the human body as an breathing body coupled with its fresh engagement with continental philosophy, Post-Structuralist Film Theory and Contemporary Western Cinema, makes a unique and valuable contribution to the field. Case studies are taken from the work ... Read more
This is an exploration of the figuring of absence in film. This study considers the placement of the breathing body in the film experience and its implications for the study of embodiment in film and sensuous spectatorship. Davina Quinlivan shapes her engagement with film by the foregrounding of the human body in the filmic diegesis and the viewing experience. This emphasis on the human body as an breathing body coupled with its fresh engagement with continental philosophy, Post-Structuralist Film Theory and Contemporary Western Cinema, makes a unique and valuable contribution to the field. Case studies are taken from the work ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780748683062
SKU
V9780748683062
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About Davina Quinlivan
Davina Quinlivan is an independent critic and writer, as well as part-time lecturer in Film Studies at King's College, London and Kingston University.
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