Cinematic Perspectives on Digital Culture - Consorting With the Machine

Informationen zum Autor NORMAN TAYLOR has taught in schools, colleges and universities for over thirty years. A lecturer in literature, media, film and cultural studies, he is a co-founder of Bristol Silents film society. He has authored film programmes for Bristol University, UWE and the Open College Network, and published articles in journals including Screen. Klappentext Exploring research into mobile phone use as props to subjective identity, Norman Taylor employs concepts from Michelle Foucault, Gilles Deleuze and actor network theory to discuss the affect of mechanisms of make-believe, from celebrity culture to avatar-obsessed game players, and digital culture. Zusammenfassung Exploring research into mobile phone use as props to subjective identity! Norman Taylor employs concepts from Michelle Foucault! Gilles Deleuze and actor network theory to discuss the affect of mechanisms of make-believe! from celebrity culture to avatar-obsessed game players! and digital culture. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements Contents Foreword Introduction PART I: APPROACHES TO DIGITAL CULTURE A Conceptual History Mobile Affect Affective Networks PART II: CINEMATIC PERSPECTIVES Classical Hollywood's Mature Technology Stars and Avatars Film and Hybridity PART III: CONSORTING WITH THE MACHINE Machines of Celebrity Machines of Legal Subjectivity Machines of the Networked Assemblage Machines to Consort With Notes Bibliography Index

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Acknowledgements Contents Foreword Introduction PART I: APPROACHES TO DIGITAL CULTURE A Conceptual History Mobile Affect Affective Networks PART II: CINEMATIC PERSPECTIVES Classical Hollywood's Mature Technology Stars and Avatars Film and Hybridity PART III: CONSORTING WITH THE MACHINE Machines of Celebrity Machines of Legal Subjectivity Machines of the Networked Assemblage Machines to Consort With Notes Bibliography Index

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• Authors: N. Taylor, Norman Taylor
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2012
• EAN: 9781349335183
• ISBN: 978-1-349-33518-3
• No. of pages: 255
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; Non-fiction book > Music, film, theatre; Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > Communication science; Genre, B, Media Studies, Cultural Studies, Performing Arts, Communication, Regional and Cultural Studies, Regional Cultural Studies, Media and Communication, Regional Studies, Culture—Study and teaching, Palgrave Media & Culture Collection, Film and Television Studies, Screen Studies, Motion pictures and television, Film genres, Film: styles & genres, Genre Studies, American Cinema and TV, Motion pictures—United States, American Film and TV, Motion pictures—Production and direction, Directing, Film: styles and genres, cinema;film;Hollywood