Postnaturalism : Frankenstein, film, and the anthropotechnical interface /

"Postnaturalism" offers an original account of human-technological co-evolution and argues that film and media theory, in particular, needs to be re-evaluated from the perspective of our material interfaces with a constantly changing environment. Extrapolating from Frankenstein films and t...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Denson, Shane (Author)
Other Authors: Hansen, Mark B. N. (Mark Boris Nicola), 1965- (writer of foreword.)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Bielefeld [Germany] : Transcript, [2014]
Series:Film (Transcript (Firm))
Subjects:
Frankenstein films > Philosophy.
Postmodernism.
Naturalism.
Films de Frankenstein > Philosophie.
Postmodernisme.
Naturalisme.
naturalism (philosophical movement)
PHILOSOPHY > History & Surveys > General.
PHILOSOPHY > Movements > Deconstruction.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgements
  • Foreword: Logics of Transition / Hansen, Mark B.N.
  • 1. Introduction: Monster Movies and Metaphysics
  • 2. Frankenstein's Filmic Progenies: A Techno-Phenomenological Approach
  • 3. Monsters in Transit: Edison's Frankenstein
  • 4. To the Heart of (the) Matter: Frankenstein, Embodiment, Materiality
  • 5. Of Steam Engines, Revolutions, and the (Un)natural History of Matter: A Techno-Scientific Interlude
  • 6. Re-Focusing Cinematic Double Vision: Seriality, Mediality, and Mediation in Postnatural Perspective
  • 7. Universal Monsters and Monstrous Particulars
  • 8. Lines of Flight: Transitional Thoughts by Way of Conclusion
  • Works Cited.

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