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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... sequence is inherently multi - dimensional , a web of intersecting semiotic structures . Ironically , Ali is the one who is isolated by this sequence . The sound of his sharp knock on the door , the noise of his feet on the hallway ...
... sequence that closes the film . The sequence begins when the film cuts away from the motel room where Mariyam has just tried out the suitcase . The viewer sees a black screen that seems like a gap for dramatic emphasis . With the music ...
... sequence of photos , which related only in a general way to violent conflicts in southeastern Europe , this second sequence of photos makes a far more direct connection with the rural area of Macedonia portrayed in the film . Anne is in ...
Contents
The Capitalist Theory of the Image | 5 |
Congruence with the Capitalist Economy | 17 |
Critique of Barthes | 24 |
Copyright | |
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War, Image and Legitimacy: Viewing Contemporary Conflict Milena Michalski,James Gow No preview available - 2007 |