Theory of the Image: Capitalism, Contemporary Film, and Women"Just about everything in this book is fresh and exciting." --Carol Siegel Ann Kibbey's Theory of the Image is based on a concept of the image as a dynamic relation rather than a thing. In three essays Kibbey contends that the image itself is an ideological construct. "The Capitalist Theory of the Image" argues that capitalism enforces social identity and fetishism through religious iconoclastic beliefs about the commodity as image. "Liberating a Woman from Her Image" creates a new feminist approach to women in film, breaking the symbiosis of woman and image at the heart of previous theory. "Relief from the Production of Certainties" challenges conservative and racist agendas informing the assumption that a photograph records an image. The book draws on extensive personal interviews and also provides detailed explications of important films in recent transnational cinema to demonstrate new theories of the image for a global society. |
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... Suitors ( Motion picture ) 6. Before the rain ( Motion picture ) I. Title . PN1995.9.W6K53 2004 791.43'6522 - dc22 1 2 3 4 5 10 09 08 07 06 05 2004008467 In memory of Beth Nelson Acknowledgments ix Introduction 1 Contents.
... Suitors 45 Persian Narrative Structure and Activating the Audience The Story of the Veil 55 The Story of the Sheep How Images Move the Story Around 74 Character and the Mutable Image of the Veil The Stabbing 98 Exit the Black Screen ...
... Suitors one dark and stormy night . His knowledge of international cinema , the fantastic collection he assembled , and his willingness to buy yet more videotapes for this project were an invaluable aid in my research . The friendly ...
... Suitors , an Iranian - American film that was made in New York but nonetheless draws on Persian artistic and narrative traditions . This film directly engages cultural differences between American and Middle Eastern women 2 THEORY OF ...
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Contents
The Capitalist Theory of the Image | 5 |
The Iconoclastic Theory of the Image and the Corporation | 6 |
Congruence with the Capitalist Economy | 17 |
Critique of Baudrillard | 20 |
Critique of Barthes | 24 |
Debord and the Social Production of the Image | 32 |
Lagans Mirror Stage and the Cinematic Apparatus | 34 |
Mulveys Symbiosis of Woman and Image | 38 |
The Stabbing | 98 |
Exit the Black Screen Suitcase | 115 |
Relief from the Production of Certainties | 133 |
The Icon as a Set of Relations | 134 |
The Natural Image Racism and Photography | 145 |
Why Eisenstein Has Been a Threat | 160 |
An Iconic Film | 164 |
Women Time Photos | 180 |
Liberating a Woman from Her Image | 45 |
Persian Narrative Structure and Activating the Audience | 50 |
The Story of the Veil | 55 |
The Story of the Sheep | 65 |
How Images Move the Story Around | 74 |
Character and the Mutable Image of the Veil | 85 |
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War, Image and Legitimacy: Viewing Contemporary Conflict Milena Michalski,James Gow No preview available - 2007 |