{"product_id":"new-perspectives-on-early-cinema-history-9781350181977","title":"New Perspectives on Early Cinema History","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this book, editors Mario Slugan and Daniël Biltereyst present a theoretical reconceptualization of early cinema. To do so, they highlight the latest methods and tools for analysis, and cast new light on the experience of early cinema through the application of these concepts and methods.The international host of contributors evaluate examples of early cinema across the globe, including \u003ci\u003eThe May Irwin Kiss \u003c\/i\u003e(1896), \u003ci\u003eUn homme de têtes \u003c\/i\u003e(1900), \u003ci\u003eThe Terrible Turkish Executioner \u003c\/i\u003e(1904)\u003ci\u003e and Tom Tom the Piper's Son \u003c\/i\u003e(1905). In doing so, they address the periodization of the era, emphasizing the recent boon in the availability of primary materials, the rise of digital technologies, the developments in new cinema history, and the persistence of some conceptualizations as key incentives for rethinking early cinema in theoretical and methodological terms. They go on to highlight cutting-edge approaches to the study of early cinema, including the use of the \u003ci\u003eMediathread\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis outstanding collection, expertly curated by the editors, interrogates the current state of early cinema study by re-examining how we have come to understand this complex phenomenon and suggesting what more there is to learn. Adopting distinct approaches, uncovering novel sources, and providing exciting scholarly discoveries, \u003ci\u003eNew Perspectives on Early Cinema History\u003c\/i\u003e more than fulfills the promise of its title. -- Charlie Keil, University of Toronto, Canada\u003cbr\u003eFifty years ago, studying the first decades of film claimed a special place in the wider history of cinema. Since then, it has become one of the liveliest and most productive areas for theorising not only old but increasingly also new media, as this welcome collection of new studies demonstrates. -- Ian Christie, Birkbeck College, University of London, UK\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of figures List of contributors Acknowledgements Introduction: New perspectives on early cinema -\u003ci\u003e Mario Slugan and Daniël Biltereyst\u003c\/i\u003e PART ONE: CONCEPTS AND THEORIES 1. Animated pictures according to Georges Méliès: A sober and unpretentious remediation, or when Méliès took a stand against  … the cinema! - \u003ci\u003eAndré Gaudreault\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003e2. \u003c\/i\u003eAttraction\/narration\/illustration: A third paradigm for early cinema\u003ci\u003e - Valentine Robert\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003e3. \u003c\/i\u003e‘The very act itself, even to the smack’: Early cinema, presence and experience - \u003ci\u003eGert Jan Harkema\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003e4. \u003c\/i\u003eLost love on a hot summer day: The absorptive experience of the first film show in Denmark\u003ci\u003e - Casper Tybjerg\u003c\/i\u003e PART TWO: APPROACHES, METHODS AND SOURCES \u003ci\u003e5.\u003c\/i\u003e Revisiting the fiction\/non-fiction distinction: Early cinema and the philosophy of imagination\u003ci\u003e - \u003c\/i\u003eMario Slugan 6. Using Mediathread for gesture analysis in the cinema of attractions\u003ci\u003e - \u003c\/i\u003eDanae Kleida 7. Librettos as source material for film history: The case of early Russian cinema\u003ci\u003e - \u003c\/i\u003eAnna Kovalova PART THREE AUDIENCES AND EXPERIENCES 8. Narrative cinema as a separate attraction: Archie L. Shepard’s newspaper publicity\u003ci\u003e - \u003c\/i\u003ePaul S. Moore 9. Mapping Black moviegoing in Harlem, New York City, 1909–14\u003ci\u003e - \u003c\/i\u003eAgata Frymus 10. Attraction, narration, performance: A historical-pragmatic perspective on early cinema\u003ci\u003e - \u003c\/i\u003eFrank Kessler and Sabine Lenk 11. The other panicking audience: A New Cinema History approach to early cinemagoing, cinema fires, disasters and panics\u003ci\u003e - \u003c\/i\u003eDaniël Biltereyst Bibliography Index\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49407518703959,"sku":"9781350181977","price":85.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781350181977.jpg?v=1730499643","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/new-perspectives-on-early-cinema-history-9781350181977","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}