Elsie Walker

Broschiertes Buch

Life 24x a Second

Cinema, Selfhood, and Society

Beschreibung

Life 24x a Second highlights the life-sustaining and life-affirming power of cinema. Author Elsie Walker pays particular attention to pedagogical practice and students' reflections on what the study of cinema has given to their lives. This book provides multiple perspectives on why cinema matters to individuals and in the world at large, focusing on films that represent psychological breakthroughs, progressive possibilities for social change, and cross-cultural human connections.

Autor

Elsie Walker is Professor of Cinema Studies at Salisbury University. She is the author of Hearing Haneke: The Soundtracks of a Radical Auteur and Understanding Sound Tracks Through Film Theory, and editor of Literature/Film Quarterly, the longest-standing international journal about adaptation studies.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 232
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Dezember 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 233mm x 154mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 338g
• ISBN-13: 9780197600924
• ISBN-10: 0197600921
• Artikelnr.: 69516000