The shape of spectatorship : art, science, and early cinema in Germany / Scott Curtis.

  • Curtis, Scott
Date:
[2015]
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Publication/Creation

New York : Columbia University Press, [2015]

Physical description

xv, 371 pages ; 24 cm.

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Introduction -- Science's cinematic method: motion pictures and scientific research -- Between observation and spectatorship: medicine, movies, and mass culture -- The taste of a nation: educating the senses and sensibilities of film spectators -- The problem with passivity: aesthetic contemplation and film spectatorship -- Conclusion: toward a tactile historiography.

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    History of Medicine
    CUF.37
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ISBN

  • 9780231134026
  • 0231134029
  • 9780231134033
  • 0231134037