Characters are central to our experiences of screened fictions and invite a host of questions. The contributors to Screening Characters draw on archival material, interviews, philosophical inquiry, and conceptual analysis in order to give new, thought-provoking answers to these queries. Providing multifaceted accounts of the nature of screen characters, contributions are organized around a series of important subjects, including issues of class, race, ethics, and generic types as they are encountered in moving image media. These topics, in turn, are personified by such memorable figures as Cary Grant, Jon Hamm, Audrey Hepburn, and Seul-gi Kim, in addition to avatars, online personalities, animated characters, and the ensembles of shows such as The Sopranos, Mad Men, and Breaking Bad.
| ISBN: | 9780367660369 |
| Publication date: | 30th September 2020 |
| Author: | Johannes Riis, Aaron Taylor |
| Publisher: | Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 332 pages |
| Series: | AFI Film Readers |
| Genres: |
Performance art Media studies Philosophy: aesthetics Cognition and cognitive psychology Theatre studies Films, cinema |
Characters are central to our experiences of screened fictions and invite a host of questions. The contributors to Screening Characters draw on archival material, interviews, philosophical inquiry, and conceptual analysis in order to give new, thought-provoking answers to these queries. Providing multifaceted accounts of the nature of screen characters, contributions are organized around a series of important subjects, including issues of class, race, ethics, and generic types as they are encountered in moving image media. These topics, in turn, are personified by such memorable figures as Cary Grant, Jon Hamm, Audrey Hepburn, and Seul-gi Kim, in addition to avatars, online personalities, animated characters, and the ensembles of shows such as The Sopranos, Mad Men, and Breaking Bad.
Screening Characters features in the following genres: Film history, theory or criticism, Media studies: TV and society, Performance art, Philosophy: aesthetics, Theatre studies, Cognition and cognitive psychology
Screening Characters is available in Paperback
Screening Characters was written by Johannes Riis, Aaron Taylor and published by Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis
Screening Characters has 332 pages
Yes it is part of AFI Film Readers series
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