The Celluloid Specimen : Moving Image Research into Animal Life / / Benjamin Schultz-Figueroa
| The Celluloid Specimen : Moving Image Research into Animal Life / / Benjamin Schultz-Figueroa |
| Autore | Schultz-Figueroa Benjamin |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2023] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (270 p.) |
| Disciplina | 791.43/662 |
| Soggetto topico |
Animals in motion pictures - 20th century
Laboratory animals SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies |
| ISBN | 9780520974609 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: The Celluloid Specimen: Moving Image Research into Animal Life -- Part One. A Science of Sympathy: The Films of Robert Mearns Yerkes -- Introduction -- 1 Stimulating Intelligence: IQ Exams and the Cinema -- 2 “Getting a Feeling for the Animal” Ape Affects Onscreen -- 3 Primate Figures: Social Darwinism, Anthropology, and Ingagi -- Conclusion to Part One. Expressive Labor -- Part Two Model Animals: Neal E. Miller’s Motivation and Reward in Learning -- Introduction -- 4 Rodent Simulations: Stimulus-Response, Laboratory Rats, and a Southern Lynch Mob -- 5 Distributed Suffering. Animal Experiments, Speculative Modeling, and Their Effects -- 6 From Lab to Classroom: Animal Testing and Educational Film -- Conclusion to Part Two. Scientific Folklore in “A Sea of Potential Facts” -- Part Three. Posthuman Control. B. F. Skinner and the Onscreen Pigeon -- Introduction -- 7 Project Pigeon: Rendering the War Animal through Optical Technology -- 8 A Trip through the Senses: The Media Theory of Radical Behaviorism -- 9 Utopian Behavior: The Televisual Figure of a Pigeon That Hailed the Future -- Conclusion to Part Three. The Pigeon as a Figure for Our Times -- Conclusion: Sensing Our Place in History -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNISA-996517763503316 |
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| Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2023] | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno | ||
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The celluloid specimen : moving image research into animal life / / Benjamin Schultz-Figueroa
| The celluloid specimen : moving image research into animal life / / Benjamin Schultz-Figueroa |
| Autore | Schultz-Figueroa Benjamin |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , 2023 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (viii, 259 pages) : illustrations |
| Disciplina | 791.43662 |
| Soggetto topico |
Animals in motion pictures
Animals in motion pictures - 20th century |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Introduction. The celluloid specimen : moving image research into animal life -- Stimulating intelligence : IQ exams and the cinema -- "Getting a feeling for the animal :" ape affects onscreen -- Primate figures : social darwinism, anthropology, and ingagi -- Rodent simulations : stimulus-response, laboratory rats and a southern lynch mob -- Distributed suffering : animal experiments, speculative modeling, and their effects -- From lab to classroom : animal testing and educational film -- Project pigeon : rendering the war animal through optical technology -- A trip through the senses : the media theory of radical behaviorism -- Utopian behavior : the televisual figure of a pigeon that hailed the future -- Conclusion : sensing our place in history. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910673916403321 |
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| Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , 2023 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The Celluloid Specimen : Moving Image Research into Animal Life / / Benjamin Schultz-Figueroa
| The Celluloid Specimen : Moving Image Research into Animal Life / / Benjamin Schultz-Figueroa |
| Autore | Schultz-Figueroa Benjamin |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2023] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (270 p.) |
| Disciplina | 791.43/662 |
| Soggetto topico |
Animals in motion pictures - 20th century
Laboratory animals SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies |
| ISBN | 9780520974609 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: The Celluloid Specimen: Moving Image Research into Animal Life -- Part One. A Science of Sympathy: The Films of Robert Mearns Yerkes -- Introduction -- 1 Stimulating Intelligence: IQ Exams and the Cinema -- 2 “Getting a Feeling for the Animal” Ape Affects Onscreen -- 3 Primate Figures: Social Darwinism, Anthropology, and Ingagi -- Conclusion to Part One. Expressive Labor -- Part Two Model Animals: Neal E. Miller’s Motivation and Reward in Learning -- Introduction -- 4 Rodent Simulations: Stimulus-Response, Laboratory Rats, and a Southern Lynch Mob -- 5 Distributed Suffering. Animal Experiments, Speculative Modeling, and Their Effects -- 6 From Lab to Classroom: Animal Testing and Educational Film -- Conclusion to Part Two. Scientific Folklore in “A Sea of Potential Facts” -- Part Three. Posthuman Control. B. F. Skinner and the Onscreen Pigeon -- Introduction -- 7 Project Pigeon: Rendering the War Animal through Optical Technology -- 8 A Trip through the Senses: The Media Theory of Radical Behaviorism -- 9 Utopian Behavior: The Televisual Figure of a Pigeon That Hailed the Future -- Conclusion to Part Three. The Pigeon as a Figure for Our Times -- Conclusion: Sensing Our Place in History -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910682581503321 |
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| Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2023] | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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