Gesturing Bodies of Animals and Films - A Philosophical Study

This book explores the intricate relationships between film, spectators, and animal bodies through the lens of gesture. It offers a unique approach to understanding how the relations between human and nonhuman animals are not only depicted but also enacted by the medium of film. By examining gesture as an aesthetic and a medial device, the book presents a novel perspective on the potential of films to reveal the intimate, cognitive-affective ties between animal life, the moving image, and spectatorship.

Sommario

Introduction.- Chapter 1: A Concept of Filmic Gesture.- 1.1 Evolutionary migration: Gestures of the body.- 1.2 Gesture and Play: The Aesthetic of the Living.- 1.3 Gesturing Towards the Future: Vilém Flusser.- 1.4 Nénette: A Case in Point.- 1.5 Two Other Takes on Gestures and Film.- Chapter 2: The Gesturing Body of Film.- 2.1 Vivian Sobchack's Body of Film.- 2.2 Christiane Voss' Surrogate Body.- 2.3 Raymond Bellour's Le Corps du Cinéma.- 2.4 Recapitulation: The Gesturing Body of Film.- Chapter 3: Gestures in the Film, Gestures of the Film.- 3.1 In and of the Film: Gesture and Diegesis.- 3.2 Animal Gestures in Film: Barbara Creed.- 3.3 Gestures of the Film: Bernhard Siegert.- 3.4 Those that, at a distance, resemble another (Jessica S. Rinland, 2019).- Conclusion.- Bibliography.

Info autore

Marcela Hernández G. is a Costa Rican philosopher, she received her Ph.D. from J. W. Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main, Germany.

Riassunto

This book explores the intricate relationships between film, spectators, and animal bodies through the lens of gesture. It offers a unique approach to understanding how the relations between human and nonhuman animals are not only depicted but also enacted by the medium of film. By examining gesture as an aesthetic and a medial device, the book presents a novel perspective on the potential of films to reveal the intimate, cognitive-affective ties between animal life, the moving image, and spectatorship.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Marcela Hernández G, Marcela Hernández G.
• Editore: Springer, Berlin
• Lingue: Tedesco
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 03.10.2025
• EAN: 9783662720721
• ISBN: 978-3-662-72072-1
• Pagine: 132
• Illustrazioni: XV, 132 S. 14 Abb., 11 Abb. in Farbe.
• Serie: Cultural Animal Studies
• Categorie: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Filosofia; Filmgeschichte, Filmtheorie und Filmkritik, Kulturwissenschaften, Soziale und politische Philosophie, Cultural Studies, Philosophical Anthropology, Film Philosophy, Human-nonhuman relationality, Film as aesthetic event, Filmic gestures, Multisensorial spectator, Animal gestures in film, Animal body in cinema, Theories of the film body, Gestural perspective in film, Media and film anthropology, Philosophy of gestures, Film philosophy and animals, Gestures as cinematic tools, Gestures in film theory