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Author Halle, Randall, author.

Title Visual alterity : seeing difference in cinema / Randall Halle.

Publication Info. Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2021]

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Description 1 online resource (213 pages)
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Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary "Using cinema to explore the visual aspects of alterity, Randall Halle analyzes how we become cognizant of each other and how we perceive and judge another person in a visual field. Halle draws on insights from philosophy and recent developments in cognitive and neuroscience to argue that there is no pure "natural" sight. We always see in a particular way, from a particular vantage point, and through a specific apparatus, and Halle shows how human beings have used cinema to experiment with the apparatus of seeing for over a century. Visual alterity goes beyond seeing difference to being conscious of how one sees difference. Investigating the process allows us to move from mere perception to apperception, or conscious perception. Innovative and insightful, Visual Alterity merges film theory with philosophy and cutting-edge science to propose new ways of perceiving and knowing"-- Provided by publisher
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Subject Visual perception in motion pictures.
Visual perception in motion pictures.
Motion pictures -- Philosophy.
Motion pictures -- Philosophy.
PERFORMING ARTS -- General.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Halle, Randall. Visual alterity. Urbana : University of Illinois Press, 2021 9780252043703 (DLC) 2020032136
ISBN 0252052595
9780252052590 (electronic book)
9780252043703 (hardcover)
9780252085680 (paperback)