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Performing Authorship: Self-Inscription and Corporeality in the Cinema
Cecilia Sayad
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Description for Performing Authorship: Self-Inscription and Corporeality in the Cinema
Paperback. The figure of the auteur continues to haunt the study of film, resisting both the poststructuralist charges that pointed to its absence and the histories of production demonstrating its pitfalls. Series: Tauris World Cinema Series. Num Pages: 288 pages, 30 integrated bw illustrations. BIC Classification: APFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 233 x 16. Weight in Grams: 338.
The figure of the auteur continues to haunt the study of film, resisting both the poststructuralist charges that pointed to its absence and the histories of production that have described its pitfalls. In an era defined by the instability of identities and the recycling of works, Performing Authorship offers a refreshingly new take on the cinematic auteur, proposing that the challenges that once accelerated this figure's critical demise should instead pump new life into it. This book is about the drama of creative processes in essay, documentary and fiction films, with particular emphasis on the effects that the filmmaker's body ... Read more
The figure of the auteur continues to haunt the study of film, resisting both the poststructuralist charges that pointed to its absence and the histories of production that have described its pitfalls. In an era defined by the instability of identities and the recycling of works, Performing Authorship offers a refreshingly new take on the cinematic auteur, proposing that the challenges that once accelerated this figure's critical demise should instead pump new life into it. This book is about the drama of creative processes in essay, documentary and fiction films, with particular emphasis on the effects that the filmmaker's body ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Series
Tauris World Cinema Series
Condition
New
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781780760063
SKU
V9781780760063
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About Cecilia Sayad
Cecilia Sayad is Lecturer in Film at the University of Kent. She is the author of a book on Charlie Kaufman published in Portuguese: O Jogo da Reinvencao: Charlie Kaufman e o lugar do author no cinema She has contributed to many journals, including Framework and The Journal of Film and Video.
Reviews for Performing Authorship: Self-Inscription and Corporeality in the Cinema
'Drawing on a range of genres, from fiction film to documentary, and on filmmakers well-known and more obscure, Cecilia Sayad's work illuminates [the concept of filmmaker of author] with a range of careful readings and insights. This book puts film authorship in a new light.' Tom Gunning, The University of Chicago (USA)