{"product_id":"moving-viewers-9780520256965","title":"Moving Viewers","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThrough a discussion of mainstream Hollywood films, this title investigates what the author terms 'the paradox of negative emotion' and the function of mainstream narratives as ritualistic fantasies. It describes the sensual nature of the movies and shows how film emotions are often elicited for rhetorical purposes.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Illustrations Acknowledgments  Introduction: Affect and the Movies 1. Pleasures, Desires, Fantasies 2. Movies and Emotions 3. Stories and Sympathies 4. The Sensual Medium 5. Affective Trajectories and Synesthesia 6. Negative Emotions and Sympathetic Narratives 7. The Rhetoric of Emotion: Disgust and Beyond Conclusion: Moving Viewers  Notes Bibliography Index","brand":"University of California Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49402835599703,"sku":"9780520256965","price":27.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780520256965.jpg?v=1730481644","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/moving-viewers-9780520256965","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}