Gesturing Bodies of Animals and Films
A Philosophical Study
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Beschreibung
This book explores the intricate relationships between film, spectators, and animal bodies through the lens of gesture. It offers a unique approach to understanding how the relations between human and nonhuman animals are not only depicted but also enacted by the medium of film. By examining gesture as an aesthetic and a medial device, the book presents a novel perspective on the potential of films to reveal the intimate, cognitive-affective ties between animal life, the moving image, and spectatorship.
This book explores the intricate relationships between film, spectators, and animal bodies through the lens of gesture. It offers a unique approach to understanding how the relations between human and nonhuman animals are not only depicted but also enacted by the medium of film. By examining gesture as an aesthetic and a medial device, the book presents a novel perspective on the potential of films to reveal the intimate, cognitive-affective ties between animal life, the moving image, and spectatorship.
Challenges tendentially anthropocentric biases in approaches to human-animal relations in film Bridges aesthetic, film theoretical and media anthropological approaches to rethink the human-nonhuman divide Offers analyses of key ‘animal films’ with an emphasis on the interplay between animals, gestures, and media
Autor*in
Marcela Hernández G.
Themen in »Gesturing Bodies of Animals and Films«
Human-nonhuman relationality Filmic gestures Gestural perspective in film Animal gestures in film Film philosophy and animals Gestures in film theory Media and film anthropology Film as aesthetic event Animal body in cinema Multisensorial spectator Philosophy of gestures Theories of the film body Gestures as cinematic tools