Homo cinematicus : science, motion pictures, and the making of modern Germany
Situated at the intersection of film studies, the history of science and medicine, and the history of modern Germany, Homo Cinematicus: Science, Motion Pictures, and the Making of Modern Germany connects the emergence of cinema as a social institution to an inquiry into the history of knowledge prod...
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| Format: | Ebook |
| Langue: | English |
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : University of Pennsylvania Press,
2017
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| Titres liés à la collection: | Intellectual History of the Modern Age
Intellectual History of the Modern Age Ser. |
| Sujets: | Motion pictures Cinematography Psychoanalysis and motion pictures Social sciences Social change Motion pictures ; Social aspects ; Germany ; History ; 20th century Motion pictures ; Germany ; Psychological aspects ; History ; 20th century Cinematography ; Scientific applications ; Germany ; History ; 20th century Psychoanalysis and motion pictures ; Germany ; History ; 20th century Social sciences ; Germany ; History ; 20th century plus... |
| Description matérielle: | 1 online resource (277 pages) |
| Résumé: | Situated at the intersection of film studies, the history of science and medicine, and the history of modern Germany, Homo Cinematicus: Science, Motion Pictures, and the Making of Modern Germany connects the emergence of cinema as a social institution to an inquiry into the history of knowledge production in the human sciences. Cover -- Contents -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction. Human Science and Cinema in Germany After the Great War -- Chapter 1. Cinema and the Visual Culture of the Human Sciences -- Chapter 2. Film Reform, Mental Hygiene, and the Campaign Against "Trash," 1912-34 -- Chapter 3. Hypnosis, Cinema, and Censorship in Germany, 1895-1933 -- Chapter 4. What Is an Enlightenment Film? Cinema and Sexual Hygiene in Interwar Germany -- Chapter 5. Scientific Cinema Between Enlightenment and Superstition, 1918-41 -- Conclusion. Science, Cinema, and the Malice of Objects -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- W -- Z -- Acknowledgments. |
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| Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index. Description based on print version record |
| Description matérielle: | 1 online resource (277 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9780812294118 0812294114 9780812249279 0812249275 |