| A Body of Vision: Representations of the Body in Recent Film and Poetry Revised Edition Contributor(s): Elder, R. Bruce (Author) |
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ISBN: 0889203288 ISBN-13: 9780889203280 Publisher: Wilfrid Laurier University Press OUR PRICE: $40.84 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 1998 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Performing Arts | Film - History & Criticism - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social - Literary Criticism | Poetry |
| Dewey: 791.436 |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 6.1" W x 8.9" (1.10 lbs) 408 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Elder examines how artists such as Brakhage, Artaud, Schneemann, Cohen and others have tried to recognize and to convey primordial forms of experiences. He argues that the attempt to convey these primordial modes of awareness demands a different conception of artistic meaning from any of those that currently dominate contemporary critical discussion. By reworking theories and speech in highly original ways, Elder formulates this new conception. His remarks on the gaps in contemporary critical practices will likely become the focus of much debate. |
Contributor Bio(s): Elder, R. Bruce: - R. Bruce Elder is an award-winning filmmaker and teaches media at Ryerson University. His book Harmony & Dissent (WLU Press, 2008) received the prestigious Robert Motherwell Book Prize and was named a Choice Outstanding Academic Book. Rudolf Kuenzli described DADA, Surrealism, and the Cinematic Effect (WLU Press, 2013) as "that rare book that casts the early twentieth-century avant-garde in a very new light." |