Film After Jung

Zusatztext 'You will find this book indispensable. Not only does Greg Singh share his comprehensive grasp of theorists from both sides? but he makes more of each of them through his inter-textual discoveries which take Jungian film theorising to a brand new level.' - Christopher Hauke! from the foreword Informationen zum Autor Greg Singh is Senior Lecturer in Media Studies at Buckinghamshire New University. Klappentext First Published in 2009. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company. Zusammenfassung Popular film as a medium of communication and storytelling has proved one of the most durable cultural forms to emerge during the 20th century. This book provides an overview of the history of film theory and delves into analytical psychology to consider the reaction that popular film can evoke through emotional engagement with its audience. Inhaltsverzeichnis Hauke, Foreword. Introduction: 'The Image and The Material'. Part I: Film Theory: A Critical Historiography. Film Matters, But How?, And Why? Film as Film; Film as Art; Film as Authored Artefact. Film and Audience, a 'Felt' Relation: The Politics of Cine-subjectivity. The Film as Political: Phenomenology and the Material World of the Film. Part II: Applying Key Jungian Concepts in Film Theory. Refitting the Notion of the Gaze: The 'I' That Sees and the 'Eye' That is Seen. Contrasexuality and Identification: Difference, Sameness and Gender in Film. Narrative and Myth, Heroes and Villains, Film and Television. Synchronicity and Space-time Transgression in Film and Video: Case Studies in Time Sculpture and Capture.

Autorentext

Greg Singh is Senior Lecturer in Media Studies at Buckinghamshire New University.

Klappentext

First Published in 2009. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Zusammenfassung
Popular film as a medium of communication and storytelling has proved one of the most durable cultural forms to emerge during the 20th century. This book provides an overview of the history of film theory and delves into analytical psychology to consider the reaction that popular film can evoke through emotional engagement with its audience.

Inhalt

Hauke, Foreword. Introduction: 'The Image and The Material'. Part I: Film Theory: A Critical Historiography. Film Matters, But How?, And Why? Film as Film; Film as Art; Film as Authored Artefact. Film and Audience, a 'Felt' Relation: The Politics of Cine-subjectivity. The Film as Political: Phenomenology and the Material World of the Film. Part II: Applying Key Jungian Concepts in Film Theory. Refitting the Notion of the Gaze: The 'I' That Sees and the 'Eye' That is Seen. Contrasexuality and Identification: Difference, Sameness and Gender in Film. Narrative and Myth, Heroes and Villains, Film and Television. Synchronicity and Space-time Transgression in Film and Video: Case Studies in Time Sculpture and Capture.