Hands on Film : : Actants, Aesthetics, Affects / / Barry Monahan.
Hands on Film is a comprehensive study of the representations and uses of that human limb from the birth of cinema to contemporary times. It examines how filmmakers have framed the hand for a variety of effects, from stylistic to thematic, and for the development of characterisation and narrative. T...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Amsterdam University Press Complete eBook-Package 2022 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Amsterdam : : Amsterdam University Press, , [2022] ©2022 |
| Year of Publication: | 2022 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Film Culture in Transition
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (270 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Table of Contents
- List of Images
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- 1. Themes – The Framed Hand and Being
- 2. Symbolism – The Semiotic Hand
- 3. Aesthetics – The Stylised Hand: Beauty, Ugliness, Genre
- 4. Narration – Hands Doing and Being
- 5. Characterisation – Hands and Identity
- Concluding Case Study – Steven Spielberg’s Jaws (1975)
- Filmography
- Index