{"product_id":"technology-and-culture-the-film-reader-in-focus-routledge-film-readers-9780415319843","title":"Technology and Culture the Film Reader In Focus","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTechnology and Culture: The Film Reader\u003c\/em\u003e brings together key theoretical texts from more than a century of writing on film and technology. It begins by exploring the intertwined technologies of cinematic representation, reproduction, distribution and reception, before locating the technological history of cinema as one component of an increasingly complex technological culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe selected articles encompass a range of disciplines, perspectives and methodologies, reflecting the multiplicity of contemporary approaches to technology. They are grouped into four thematic sections, each with an introduction by the editor.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eOrigins and Evolution\u003c\/strong\u003e - examines the lineage of cinema''s machines, while challenging the received notion that cinema began with a discrete moment of invention\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDefinitions and Determinism\u003c\/strong\u003e - redefines technology, moving beyond an isolated description of cinema''s physical tools to consider the force\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart 1: Origins and Evolution\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 Past, Present, and Future 2 The Myth of Total Cinema 3 Cinema and Digital Media \u003cstrong\u003ePart 2: Visions and Manifestos\u003c\/strong\u003e 4 The Futurist Cinema 5 Kinoks: A Revolution 6 The Cinema of the Future 7 Dogme 95: The Vow of Chastity \u003cstrong\u003ePart 3: Politics and Ideologies\u003c\/strong\u003e 8 The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction 9 Machines of the Visible 10 Pirates of the New World Image Orders \u003cstrong\u003ePart 4: Identities and Interfaces\u003c\/strong\u003e 11 The Pleasure of the Interface 12 The Scene of the Screen: Envisioning Cinematic and Electronic 'Presence' 13 The Cyberstar: Digital Pleasures and the End of the Unconscious\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49402091766103,"sku":"9780415319843","price":128.25,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/technology-and-culture-the-film-reader-in-focus-routledge-film-readers-9780415319843","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}