Cinema and Its Shadow : Race and Technology in Early Cinema

• Autore: Maurice Alice
• Pubblicazione: Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, 2013
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (282 p.)
• Disciplina: 791.43/6552
• Soggetto topico: Minorities in motion pictures; Motion picture industry -- Technological innovations; Race in motion pictures; Minorities in motion pictures - Technological innovations; Motion picture industry; Music, Dance, Drama & Film; Film
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction: Embodying Cinema""; ""Chapter 1: Performing Body, Performing Image: Race and the Boundaries of Early Cinematic Narrative""; ""Chapter 2: Face, Race, and Screen: Close-ups and the Transition to the Feature Film""; ""Chapter 3: Recasting Shadows: Race, Image, and Audience""; ""Chapter 4: “Cinema at Its Sourceâ€?: Synchronizing Race and Sound in the Early Talkies""; ""Conclusion: Red, White, and Blue: Digital Cinema, Race, and Avatar""; ""Notes""; ""Filmography""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H"" ; ""I""""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Y""; ""Z""
• Sommario/riassunto: The Cinema and Its Shadow argues that race has defined the cinematic apparatus since the earliest motion pictures, especially at times of technological transition.In particular, this work explores how racial difference became central to the resolving of cinematic problems: the stationary camera, narrative form, realism, the synchronization of.
• Titolo autorizzato: Cinema and Its Shadow
• ISBN: 1-4529-3938-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910965254403321
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