Postnaturalism : : Frankenstein, Film, and the Anthropotechnical Interface / / Shane Denson.

»Postnaturalism« offers an original account of human-technological co-evolution and argues that film and media theory, in particular, needs to be re-evaluated from the perspective of our material interfaces with a constantly changing environment. Extrapolating from Frankenstein films and the resonan...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter transcript Complete eBook Package 2014
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Place / Publishing House:Bielefeld : : transcript Verlag, , [2014]
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Year of Publication:2014
Edition:1. Aufl.
Language:English
Series:Film
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Physical Description:1 online resource (432 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgements
  • Foreword: Logics of Transition
  • 1. Introduction: Monster Movies and Metaphysics
  • Part One
  • 2. Frankenstein’s Filmic Progenies: A Techno-Phenomenological Approach
  • 3. Monsters in Transit: Edison’s Frankenstein
  • Part Two
  • 4. To the Heart of (the) Matter: Frankenstein, Embodiment, Materiality
  • 5. Of Steam Engines, Revolutions, and the (Un)natural History of Matter: A Techno-Scientific Interlude
  • 6. Re-Focusing Cinematic Double Vision: Seriality, Mediality, and Mediation in Postnatural Perspective
  • Part Three
  • 7. Universal Monsters and Monstrous Particulars
  • 8. Lines of Flight: Transitional Thoughts by Way of Conclusion
  • Works Cited