The pulse in cinema : the aesthetics of horror / Sharon Jane Mee.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mee, Sharon Jane, author.

Series:

Edinburgh scholarship online.

Edinburgh scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Horror films--History and criticism.

Horror films.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 222 pages)

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2020]

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

When we think of the pulse in cinema, we may think of the heartbeat of the spectator as they respond to affective or moving scenes in the film, or how fast-paced and shocking images exacerbate this affective response. Conceptually extending cinema spectatorship, 'The Pulse in Cinema' contends that cinema is an energetic arrangement of affective and intense forces, where the image and the spectator are specific components. Analysing body horror films such as The Tingler (1959), Dawn of the Dead (1978) and The Beyond (1981), this book builds on Lyotard's concept of the dispositif, Deleuze's work on sensation and Bataille's economic theory to conceptualise a pulse in cinema, arguing for its importance in cinema spectatorship theory.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Figures

Acknowledgements

Introduction

1. The Rhythm of Life: The Pulse in the Image

2. The Rhythm of Life: The Pulse in the Spectator

3. Aisthesis and Dispositif: The Pulse and Its Analogues

4. Automutilation and Metonymy: The Economy of the Pulse

5. Blood and Convulsive Affect: Vectors of the Pulse as Sovereign Operations

Bibliography

Filmography

Index

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2020.

Includes bibliographical references, filmography and index.

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on August 26, 2021).

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4744-9516-8

1-4744-7586-8

OCLC:

1306538657