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Matters of gravity : special effects and supermen in the 20th century / Scott Bukatman.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bukatman, Scott, 1957-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Popular culture--United States--History--20th century.
- Popular culture.
- Human body--Social aspects--United States--History--20th century.
- Human body.
- Metamorphosis--Social aspects--United States--History--20th century.
- Metamorphosis.
- Mass media--Social aspects--United States--History--20th century.
- Mass media.
- Motion pictures--Social aspects--United States.
- Motion pictures.
- Technology--Social aspects--United States--History--20th century.
- Technology.
- Culture in motion pictures.
- United States--Civilization--20th century.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (314 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Durham, N.C. : Duke University Press, 2003.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Accessible and wide-ranging essays on cinema, the body, and the experience of modernity.
- Contents:
- Remembering Cyberspace
- There's always...tomorrowland: Disney and the hypercinematic experience
- Gibson's typewriter
- X-Bodies: The torment of the mutant superhero (1994)
- Kaleidoscopic perceptions
- The artificial infinite: On special effects and the sublime
- The ultimate trip: Special effects and kaleidoscopic perception
- The grace of beings
- Taking shape: morphing and the performance of self
- Syncopated city: New York in musical film (1929-1961)
- The boys in the hoods: A song of the urban superhero (2000).
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [257]-269) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786613064547
- 9781283064545
- 1283064545
- 9780822384892
- 0822384892
- OCLC:
- 1139394257
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