| Description |
1 online resource (vi, 208 pages) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-202) and index. |
| Contents |
Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; PART 1 Mobile Vision; chapter 1 Movement, vision and subjectivity in the nineteenth century; chapter 2 Movement in film studies; chapter 3 Movements of exploration, discovery, revelation; PART II Cinematic Journeys; chapter 4 Quests; chapter 5 Intercepted trajectories; chapter 6 Movement beyond the axes; PART III Travelling Films; chapter 8 Reading subtitles: travelling films meet foreign spectators; Select Bibliography; Index. |
| Summary |
Cinematic Journeys explores the interconnected histories, theories and aesthetics of mobile vision and cinematic movement. It traces the links between certain types of movement of/in the frame and broader cultural trends that have historically informed Western sensibilities. It contextualises that genealogy with detailed analysis of contemporary and recent 'travel films' as well as older works. The book investigates how movements of exploration, discovery and revelation are activated in specific cinematic narratives of travelling and displacement. Such narratives are analysed with attention to. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Travel in motion pictures.
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Travel in motion pictures. |
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Emigration and immigration in motion pictures.
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Emigration and immigration in motion pictures. |
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Motion pictures -- History.
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Motion pictures. |
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History. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Eleftheriotis, Dimitris. Cinematic journeys. Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, ©2010 9780748633128 (OCoLC)499075958 |
| ISBN |
9780748633135 (electronic book) |
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0748633138 (electronic book) |
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074863312X |
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9780748633128 |
| Standard No. |
9786612749612 |
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