{"product_id":"persistent-images-encountering-film-history-in-contemporary-cinema-paperback","title":"Persistent Images: Encountering Film History in Contemporary Cinema - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAndrew Utterson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eConsiders the nature and status of contemporary cinema by way of a series of technological reflections on its past\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eArgues for a progressive historiography that looks forward, moving beyond the sense of anxiety and loss that has dominated accounts of cinema's postulated demise\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDraws on the latest thinking on evolving screen technologies and media archaeology and the development of cognate areas such as memory studies\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eCharts the historical memory of cinema, with a view to considering how our engagement with, and understanding of, this history might be reconfigured in the present.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eChannelling a focus on the history of cinema into the present and beyond, \u003ci\u003e Persistent Images: Encountering Film History in Contemporary Cinema\u003c\/i\u003e explores the continuing resonance of the memory of cinema as revealed in the technological and aesthetic expressions of a range of experimental practices. With case studies of films that reflexively foreground and creatively reimagine the past, including \u003ci\u003eShirin \u003c\/i\u003e(2008), \u003ci\u003eGoodbye to Language\u003c\/i\u003e (2014) and\u003ci\u003e Francofonia\u003c\/i\u003e (2015), the book demonstrates how the medium of film can look simultaneously backwards and forwards, encountering and reframing the past in the present, and offering new ways of thinking about both film history and contemporary cinema alike.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eChannelling a focus on the history of cinema into the present and beyond, Persistent Images: Encountering Film History in Contemporary Cinema explores the continuing resonance of the memory of cinema as revealed in the technological and aesthetic expressions of a range of experimental practices. With case studies of films that reflexively foreground and creatively reimagine the past, including \u003ci\u003eShirin\u003c\/i\u003e (2008), \u003ci\u003eGoodbye to Language\u003c\/i\u003e (2014) and \u003ci\u003eFrancofonia\u003c\/i\u003e (2015), the book demonstrates how the medium of film can look simultaneously backwards and forwards, encountering and reframing the past in the present, and offering new ways of thinking about both film history and contemporary cinema alike. Andrew Utterson is Associate Professor of Screen Studies at Ithaca College, New York.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDr Andrew Utterson is Associate Professor of Screen Studies at Ithaca College\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 160\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.36 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 30, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51783702872352,"sku":"9781474440738","price":51.21,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/ebe4ba5c3d8a7c68bfb4c3a467082b6b.webp?v=1780592820","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/persistent-images-encountering-film-history-in-contemporary-cinema-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}