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Epistolary entanglements in film, media and the visual arts

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Epistolary entanglements in film, media and the visual arts / edited by Teri Higgins and Catherine Fowler.
Publication
  • Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, 2023.
  • ©2023
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Additional Authors
  • Higgins, Teri
  • Fowler, Catherine
  • Redmond, Sean, 1967-
  • Coopey, Louise
  • Kwa, Shiamin
  • Molina, David G.
  • Steyerl, Hito
  • Simmons, Rochelle
  • Ng, Jenna
  • Çağlayan, Emre
  • Best, Susan
  • Trafton, John, 1982-
  • Sprengler, Christine
  • Simon, Sunka
  • University of Otago. Division of Humanities, funder.
Description
280 pages; 24 cm.
Summary
"This collection departs from the observation that online forms of communication-the email, blog, text message, tweet-are actually haunted by old epistolary forms: the letter and the diary. By examining the omnipresence of writing across a variety of media, the collection adds the category of Epistolary Screens to genres of self-expression, both literary (letters, diaries, auto-biographies) and screenic (romance dramas, intercultural cinema, essay films, artists' videos and online media). The category Epistolary encapsulates an increasingly paradoxical relation between writing and the self: first, it describes selves that are written in graphic detail via letters, diaries, blogs, texts, emails and tweets; second, it acknowledges that absence complicates communication, bringing people together in an entangled rather than ordered way. The collection concerns itself with the changing visual/textual texture of screen media and examines what is at stake for our understanding of self-expression when it takes Epistolary forms." --
Series Statement
Film Culture in Transition
Uniform Title
Film culture in transition.
Subject
  • Letters in motion pictures
  • Communication in motion pictures
  • Communication in mass media
  • Expression (Philosophy)
Note
  • "The publication of this book is made possible by a grant from the Division of Humanities at the University of Otago".
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Doing (audio-visual) things with words - from epistolary intent to epistolary entanglements : an introduction / Teri Higgins and Catherine Fowler -- 1. Performance and power : the letter as an expression of masculinity in Game of Thrones / Louise Coopey -- 2. My dearest little girl, I just got your letter and I hope that you will continue to write to me often', epistolary listening in News from Home (Chantal Akerman, 1976) / Catherine Fowler -- 3. Dead letters : epistolary hauntology and the speed of light in Personal Shopper (Olivier Assayas, 2016) / Shiamin Kwa -- 4. Attention to detail : epistolary forms in New Melodrama / Teri Higgins -- 5 The spiritual intimacies of The Red Hand Files : how long will I be alone? / Sean Redmond -- 6. Video authenticity and epistolary self-expression in Letter to America (Kira Muratova, 1999) / David Molina -- 7. Epistolary affect and romance scams : letter from an unknown woman / Hito Steyerl -- . 8. Delivering posthumous messages : Katherine Mansfield and letters in the literary biopic Leave All Fair (John Reid, 1983) / Rochelle Simmons -- 9. The interactive letter : co-authorship and interactive media in Emily Short's First Draft of the Revolution / Jenna Ng -- 10. Epistolary distance and reciprocity in José Luis Guerín and Jonas Mekas' filmed correspondences / Emre Çaǧlayan -- 11. Instagram and the diary : the case of Amalia Ulman's Excellences & Perfections (2014) / Susan Best -- 12. Civil War epistolary and the Hollywood war film / John Trafton -- 13. Epistolarity and decolonial aesthetics in Carola Grahn's Look Who's Talking (2016) / Christine Sprengler -- 14. Epistolary relays in Fatih Akin's Auf der anderen Seite/On the Edge of Heaven (2007) / Sunka Simon.
Call Number
MFL 23-3829
ISBN
  • 9463729666
  • 9789463729666
OCLC
1371972246
Title
Epistolary entanglements in film, media and the visual arts / edited by Teri Higgins and Catherine Fowler.
Publisher
Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, 2023.
Copyright Date
©2023
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Series
Film Culture in Transition
Film culture in transition.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Added Author
Higgins, Teri, editor, author.
Fowler, Catherine, editor, author.
Redmond, Sean, 1967- author.
Coopey, Louise, author.
Kwa, Shiamin, author.
Molina, David G., author.
Steyerl, Hito, author.
Simmons, Rochelle, author.
Ng, Jenna, author.
Çağlayan, Emre, author.
Best, Susan, author.
Trafton, John, 1982- author.
Sprengler, Christine, author.
Simon, Sunka, author.
University of Otago. Division of Humanities, funder.
Other Form:
9789048555116
Research Call Number
MFL 23-3829
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