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An edition of Matters of gravity (2003)

Matters of gravity

special effects and supermen in the 20th century

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This is a collection of accessible and wide-ranging essays on cinema, the body and the experience of modernity. The text reveals how popular culture tames the threats posed by technology and urban modernity by immersing people in delirious, kinetic environments.

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Publisher
Duke University Press
Language
English
Pages
279

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Subjects

Body, Human, Civilization, History, Human Body, Mass media, Metamorphosis, Motion pictures, Popular culture, Social aspects, Social aspects of Mass media, Social aspects of Metamorphosis, Social aspects of Motion pictures, Social aspects of Technology, Social aspects of the Human body, Technology, Culture in motion pictures, Popular culture, united states, Human body, social aspects

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United States

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20th century

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Matters of gravity: special effects and supermen in the 20th century
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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. [257]-269) and index.

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Durham, N.C

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
303.48/3/0973
Library of Congress
E169.1 .B933 2003, E169.1.B933 2003

The Physical Object

Pagination
xvi, 279 p., [16] p. of col. plates :
Number of pages
279

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OL3577536M
Internet Archive
mattersofgravity0000buka
ISBN 10
0822331322, 0822331195
LCCN
2002154087
OCLC/WorldCat
51058973
Library Thing
517788
Goodreads
116200
833729

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