Mapping the Moving Image: Gesture, Thought and Cinema Circa 1900

by Pasi Valiaho and Pasi Väliaho

Book Overview

In this multidisciplinary approach Pasi V liaho draws from science and philosophy to offer a compelling study of how the medium of film has shaped our understanding of ourselves and the world around us. V liaho examines key films from the early twentieth century, tracing the role that various arrangements of movement have played in the development of corporeality, perception, and modes of thought in cinematic modernity.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9089641408
• ISBN13: 9789089641403
• Release Date: November 2011
• Publisher: Amsterdam University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.96 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.2" x 9.3"