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Performing brains on screen / / Fernando Vidal
| Performing brains on screen / / Fernando Vidal |
| Autore | Vidal Fernando |
| Edizione | [First edition.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Amsterdam, Netherlands : , : Amsterdam University Press B.V., , [2022] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (258 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
| Disciplina | 791.436561 |
| Soggetto topico |
Human body in motion pictures
Neurosciences in motion pictures Psychology |
| Soggetto non controllato | Brain Films, B Movies, Biopolitics, Thought Experiments, Personal Identity |
| ISBN | 90-485-4155-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Note on References and Images -- 1. Brainhood and the Cinema -- Introduction -- The “Deficit Model” and the Agency of Film -- Bs to Zs -- Filmic Brains in the Neurobiological Age -- 2. Brains in the Pulps -- Introduction -- Resources -- Scientifiction, Textual and Visual -- Advertisement and “Prophetic Insight” -- Before Gernsback -- Weird Tales -- Stories Astounding and Amazing -- 3. Naked Brains and Living Heads -- Introduction -- Brain Movies -- Body Parts -- The Donor Portion -- Living Heads -- Some Filmic Allografts -- Paradox of the Naked Brain -- 4. Personal Survival -- Introduction -- Immortality and the Brain -- Adam and Tithonus -- Staying the Same, Becoming Someone Else -- 5. Frankenstein’s Brains -- Introduction -- Shelley’s Novel and Frankenstein Films -- The Final Touch: Frankenstein (1931) -- The Universal Series -- The Hammer Series -- Beyond Universal and Hammer -- 6. Memories, Lost and Regained -- Introduction -- A Preference for Retrograde Amnesia -- Localizing Memory in the Filmic Brain -- Personal Identity and the Authenticity of Memory -- Erasing Memories -- Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) -- Dark City (1998) -- 7. “Imagine, They Are in the Human Mind” -- Bibliography -- Films -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910795664603321 |
Vidal Fernando
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| Amsterdam, Netherlands : , : Amsterdam University Press B.V., , [2022] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Performing brains on screen / / Fernando Vidal
| Performing brains on screen / / Fernando Vidal |
| Autore | Vidal Fernando |
| Edizione | [First edition.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Amsterdam, Netherlands : , : Amsterdam University Press B.V., , [2022] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (258 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
| Disciplina | 791.436561 |
| Soggetto topico |
Human body in motion pictures
Neurosciences in motion pictures Psychology |
| Soggetto non controllato | Brain Films, B Movies, Biopolitics, Thought Experiments, Personal Identity |
| ISBN | 90-485-4155-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Note on References and Images -- 1. Brainhood and the Cinema -- Introduction -- The “Deficit Model” and the Agency of Film -- Bs to Zs -- Filmic Brains in the Neurobiological Age -- 2. Brains in the Pulps -- Introduction -- Resources -- Scientifiction, Textual and Visual -- Advertisement and “Prophetic Insight” -- Before Gernsback -- Weird Tales -- Stories Astounding and Amazing -- 3. Naked Brains and Living Heads -- Introduction -- Brain Movies -- Body Parts -- The Donor Portion -- Living Heads -- Some Filmic Allografts -- Paradox of the Naked Brain -- 4. Personal Survival -- Introduction -- Immortality and the Brain -- Adam and Tithonus -- Staying the Same, Becoming Someone Else -- 5. Frankenstein’s Brains -- Introduction -- Shelley’s Novel and Frankenstein Films -- The Final Touch: Frankenstein (1931) -- The Universal Series -- The Hammer Series -- Beyond Universal and Hammer -- 6. Memories, Lost and Regained -- Introduction -- A Preference for Retrograde Amnesia -- Localizing Memory in the Filmic Brain -- Personal Identity and the Authenticity of Memory -- Erasing Memories -- Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) -- Dark City (1998) -- 7. “Imagine, They Are in the Human Mind” -- Bibliography -- Films -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910817825203321 |
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Vidal Fernando
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| Amsterdam, Netherlands : , : Amsterdam University Press B.V., , [2022] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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