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Planetary cinema : film, media and the earth / Tiago de Luca.

Van Pelt Library PN1995.9.D6 D45 2022
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
De Luca, Tiago, Author.
Contributor:
Rosengarten Family Fund.
Series:
Film culture in transition
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Earth (Planet)--In motion pictures.
Earth (Planet).
Earth (Planet)--In art.
Genre:
Art.
Physical Description:
330 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Place of Publication:
Amsterdam, Netherlands : Amsterdam University Press, [2022]
Contents:
Machine generated contents note: The (Whole) World in Motion
Earth World Globe Planet
Multiple Media Worlds
Towards the Planetary
The Chapters
1. Sublime Earth
Humboldt's Panoramas
Humboldt's Globes
IMAX Whole-Earth
Who Does the Earth Think It Is?
Unearthing the Earth
2. The Unseen World Across the World
Unseen Worlds
Never Before Seen
Never Before Seen (Again)
Never to Be Seen Again
3. The Universal Equality of Things
The Encyclopedia, or `The Sun is No Respecter of Persons or of Things'
The Integrated Whole, or `An Instantaneous Survey of the World'
The Database, or `YouTube is the World Stage'
4. The Face of the World
The Inter-Face
Death's Head
`Don't Blink!'
The Face in the Crowd
5. A Networked Humanity
`One Common Flood of Humanity'
A World of Strangers
Networking the Earth
6. A Disappearing Planet
A Human Planet
An Inhuman Planet
A Nonhuman Planet
A Non-Planet.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-314) and index.
Local Notes:
Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.
ISBN:
9789463729628
9463729623
OCLC:
1287006536

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