{"product_id":"homo-cinematicus-science-motion-pictures-and-the-making-of-modern-germany-intellectual-history-of-the-modern-age-9780812249279","title":"Homo Cinematicus Science Motion Pictures and the","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSituated at the intersection of film studies, the history of science and medicine, and the history of modern Germany, Homo Cinematicus: Science, Motion Pictures, and the Making of Modern Germany connects the emergence of cinema as a social institution to an inquiry into the history of knowledge production in the human sciences.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eHomo Cinematicus\u003c\/i\u003e offers brilliant insights into the emergence of a specific form of German modernity through the lens of nonfiction film. Drawing on archival sources, the book shows how cinema helped shape debates about public health and social policies in the first half of the twentieth century. An indispensable book for anyone interested in the ways in which cinema fostered the pursuit of knowledge in the human sciences.\" * Anton Kaes, University of California, Berkeley *\u003cbr\u003e\"Among \u003ci\u003eHomo Cinematicus\u003c\/i\u003e's many strengths is its outstanding ability to situate film in larger discursive contexts, iconographies, and social agendas, as well as its comprehensive discussion of these relationships. To reexamine this era of German cinema and the discourse around it on their own terms, and not as a prelude to the Nazi regime, is an absolutely essential task, and Killen does so brilliantly. No other book on this topic matches its scope and ambition.\" * Scott Curtis, Northwestern University *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of Abbreviations\u003cbr\u003e Introduction. Human Science and Cinema in Germany After the Great War\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 1. Cinema and the Visual Culture of the Human Sciences\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 2. Film Reform, Mental Hygiene, and the Campaign Against \"Trash,\" 1912-34\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 3. Hypnosis, Cinema, and Censorship in Germany, 1895-1933\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 4. What Is an Enlightenment Film? Cinema and Sexual Hygiene in Interwar Germany\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 5. Scientific Cinema Between Enlightenment and Superstition, 1918-41\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion. Science, Cinema, and the Malice of Objects\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Pennsylvania Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405730652503,"sku":"9780812249279","price":56.1,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780812249279.jpg?v=1730493426","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/homo-cinematicus-science-motion-pictures-and-the-making-of-modern-germany-intellectual-history-of-the-modern-age-9780812249279","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}