{"product_id":"the-oxford-handbook-of-film-theory-oxford-handbooks-series-9780190873929","title":"The Oxford Handbook of Film Theory OXFORD","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eStevens has done the field a great service in prompting and gathering such a rich collection of essays. * Dominic Lash, Year's Work in Critical and Cultural Theory *\u003cbr\u003eThis collection provides an excellent snapshot of the state of film theory in the wake of the collapse of so-called grand theory grounded in poststructuralism, psychoanalysis, Marxism, and semiotics...Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty; professionals. * J. Belton, Choice *\u003cbr\u003eThis collection provides an excellent snapshot of the state of film theory in the wake of the collapse of so-called grand theory grounded in poststructuralism, psychoanalysis, Marxism, and semiotics; the waning of post-theory with its focus on film philosophy; and short-lived debates surrounding indexicality in the digital cinema era. * Choice *\u003cbr\u003eClearly shows the purpose and value of film theory, beginning with classical, formative discussions and entering contemporary debates, not only proving theory's lasting relevance but also possibility for continued sustainability. Volumes like Stevens' reinvigorate the discipline, for sure. * Erica Tortolani, Jump Cut *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction: The Very Thought of Theory Kyle Stevens  Section I: Meta-theory  Chapter 1 A Machine for Killing Time  Tom Gunning    Chapter 2 Interested and Disinterested Judgments: Film Theory and the Valences of the Aesthetic  Daniel Morgan   Chapter 3 Moral Philosophy and the Moving Image  Brian Price   Chapter 4 Film|Video|Essay  Domietta Torlasco   Chapter 5 The Medium Matters! In Defense of Medium-Specificity in Classical Film Theory  Malcolm Turvey   Chapter 6 In Defense of Psychoanalytic Film Theory Damon R. Young    Section II: Film Theory's Project of Emancipation  Chapter 7 Film Theory as Ideology Critique (After Trump)  Nico Baumbach    Chapter 8 Buddhism and Film Theory: Beyond a Legacy  Victor Fan   Chapter 9 Feminist Film Theory on the Brink of Laughter  Maggie Hennefeld   Chapter 10 Theory for the Masses; or, Toward a Vernacular Criticism  Noah Isenberg   Chapter 11 \"The Fold of Old Wounds\": Daughters of the Dust, Eve's Bayou, and Mississippi Damned as Cinematic Black Feminist Theory  Kara Keeling    Section III: Apparatus and Perception  Chapter 12 Lesbian Photographers: Affect and Cinematic Self-Discovery Marta Figlerowicz   Chapter 13 Notes on Some Forms of Repetition  Homay King   Chapter 14 Empiricism and Film Theory: On the Moviola's Political Ontology  Davide Panagia   Chapter 15 Film Theory and Machine Vision  Antonio Somaini   Chapter 16 Headphones, Cinematic Listening, and the Frame of the Skull Kyle Stevens    Section IV: Audiovisuality  Chapter 17 The Audio-Visual Non-relation and the Digital Break  Luka Arsenjuk   Chapter 18 The composer of musique concrète wields a camera Michel Chion Translated by Claudia Gorbman  Chapter 19 The Many Bodies of the Dancer-Actress: Towards A Kinesics of Film Acting  Usha Iyer   Chapter 20 Documentary Listening Habits: From Voice to Audibility Pooja Rangan   Chapter 21 Audiovisual Rhythm and its Spectator: Moonlight as Example  Rick Warner     Section V: How Close is Close Reading?  Chapter 22 Contesting the White Gaze: Black Film and Post-Cinematic Spectatorship Caetlin Benson-Allott   Chapter 23 In Other Words: Film and the Spider Web of Description  Timothy Corrigan   Chapter 24 Women's Hands and the Cinematic Cut: The Work of Montage in Man With a Movie Camera, Klute, and The Piano  David Gerstner   Chapter 25 Standing Up Too Close or Back Too Far? A Slanted History of Close Film Analysis Adrian Martin   Chapter 26 On Fire: When Fashion Meets Cinema  Marketa Uhlirova  Chapter 27 When and Where Does a Film Begin? Putting Films in Context  Amy Villarejo     Section VI: The Turn to Experience  Chapter 28 The Affective Turnabout's Fair Play  Sarah Keller   Chapter 29 An Invention With a Future: Collective Viewing, Joint Deep Attention, and the ongoing Value of the Cinema  Julian Hanich   Chapter 30 Those Who Have: The Impersonality of Film Theory John David Rhodes   Chapter 31 On the Impersonality of Experience: Psychoanalysis, Interiority, and the Turn to Affect  Scott Richmond   Chapter 32 Cinematic Experience: From Moving Images to Virtual Reality  Robert Sinnerbrink","brand":"Oxford University Press Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49524559511895,"sku":"9780190873929","price":177.54,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780190873929.jpg?v=1731857256","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-oxford-handbook-of-film-theory-oxford-handbooks-series-9780190873929","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}