{"product_id":"screening-characters-9780367660369","title":"Screening Characters","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eCharacters are central to our experiences of screened fictions and invite a host of questions. The contributors to \u003ci\u003eScreening Character\u003c\/i\u003es draw on archival material, interviews, philosophical inquiry, and conceptual analysis in order to give new, thought-provoking answers to these queries. Providing multifaceted accounts of the nature of screen characters, contributions are organized around a series of important subjects, including issues of class, race, ethics, and generic types as they are encountered in moving image media. These topics, in turn, are personified by such memorable figures as Cary Grant, Jon Hamm, Audrey Hepburn, and Seul-gi Kim, in addition to avatars, online personalities, animated characters, and the ensembles of shows such as \u003ci\u003eThe Sopranos\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003cem\u003eMad Men\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eBreaking Bad\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"This book is a remarkably accessible collection of essays on some of the most theoretically complex aspects of actors and acting on film and in other media. It also covers a wide selection of films, TV-series, and computer games, making it a standard work in the fields of Cognitive Film Studies, Philosophy and Film, and even Celebrity Studies.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e --\u003ci\u003eErik Hedling, Professor, Lund University, Sweden\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eCONTENTS ; ;List of Figures ; ;Acknowledgments ; ;Notes on Contributors ; ;Foreword: Consorting with Characters ; \u003ci\u003eMurray Smith ;\u003c\/i\u003e ;Introduction: Screening Characters ; \u003ci\u003eJohannes Riis and Aaron Taylor\u003c\/i\u003e ; ;\u003cb\u003ePart 1: The Importance of Actors ; ;\u003c\/b\u003e1. Seeing and Hearing Screen Characters: Stars, Twofoldness, and the Imagination ;\u003ci\u003eTed Nannicelli ;\u003c\/i\u003e ;2. Character and the Star Vehicle: The Impact of Casting Cary Grant ;\u003ci\u003eKathrina Glitre ;\u003c\/i\u003e ;3. Character Collaborations: The Writer-Actor Relationship in \u003ci\u003eMad Men\u003c\/i\u003e ;\u003ci\u003eR. Colin Tait ;\u003c\/i\u003e ; ;\u003cb\u003ePart 2: Social Types, Social Contexts ; ;\u003c\/b\u003e4. Being Typical and Being Individual ;\u003ci\u003eHenry Bacon ;\u003c\/i\u003e ;5. The Mark of the Social: Stereotypes, Folk Psychology and Metonymy in Mainstream Film ;\u003ci\u003eTico Romao ;\u003c\/i\u003e ;6. Racialized Disgust and Character in Film ;\u003ci\u003eDan Flory ;\u003c\/i\u003e ; ;\u003cb\u003ePart 3: Medium-Specific Features and Constraints ; ;\u003c\/b\u003e7. Impossible Characterizations ;\u003ci\u003ePaisley Livingston ;\u003c\/i\u003e ;8. Performative Metamorphosis: Animated Characters and Spectator Proximity ;\u003ci\u003ePete Sillett ;\u003c\/i\u003e ;9. Social Media as Interface, or How Characters Enter Our Everyday Reality ;\u003ci\u003ePhilippe Gauthier ;\u003c\/i\u003e ;10. Owning Our Actions: Identification with Avatars in Video Games ;\u003ci\u003eAndreas Gregersen ;\u003c\/i\u003e ; ;\u003cb\u003ePart 4: Emotional and Moral Engagement ; ;\u003c\/b\u003e11. Ethical Criticism and Fictional Characters as Moral Agents ;\u003ci\u003eCarl Plantinga ;\u003c\/i\u003e ;12. Absorbed Character Engagement: From Social Cognition Responses to the Experience of Fictional Constructions ;\u003ci\u003eKatalin Bálint and Ed Tan ;\u003c\/i\u003e ;13. \"Familiarity Breeds Contempt:\" Why Fascination, Rather than Repeat Exposure, Better Explains the Appeal of Antiheroes on Television ;\u003ci\u003eMalcolm Turvey ;\u003c\/i\u003e ; ;\u003cb\u003ePart 5: The Character within Genres ;\u003c\/b\u003e ;14. Girls Who Can Leap Through Time: Shojo and Time Travel in East Asian Media ;\u003ci\u003eJinhee Choi ; ;\u003c\/i\u003e15. Action and Affordances: The Action Hero’s Skilled and Surprising Use of the Environment ;\u003ci\u003eBirger Langkjær and Charlotte Sun Jensen ;\u003c\/i\u003e ;16. Introducing Characters in Television Crime Series: Stylistic and Narrative Strategies ; \u003ci\u003eLennard Højbjerg ;\u003c\/i\u003e ;Index ;\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49371701182807,"sku":"9780367660369","price":39.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780367660369.jpg?v=1730154234","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/screening-characters-9780367660369","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}