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Author:   Marcela Hernández G.
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
Imprint:   J.B. Metzler
ISBN:  

9783662720721

ISBN 10:   3662720728
Pages:   132
Publication Date:   30 October 2025
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Language:   German

Table of Contents

Introduction.- Chapter 1: A Concept of Filmic Gesture.- 1.1 Evolutionary migration: Gestures of the body.- 1.2 Gesture and Play: The Aesthetic of the Living.- 1.3 Gesturing Towards the Future: Vilém Flusser.- 1.4 Nénette: A Case in Point.- 1.5 Two Other Takes on Gestures and Film.- Chapter 2: The Gesturing Body of Film.- 2.1 Vivian Sobchack’s Body of Film.- 2.2 Christiane Voss’ Surrogate Body.- 2.3 Raymond Bellour’s Le Corps du Cinéma.- 2.4 Recapitulation: The Gesturing Body of Film.- Chapter 3: Gestures in the Film, Gestures of the Film.- 3.1 In and of the Film: Gesture and Diegesis.- 3.2 Animal Gestures in Film: Barbara Creed.- 3.3 Gestures of the Film: Bernhard Siegert.- 3.4 Those that, at a distance, resemble another (Jessica S. Rinland, 2019).- Conclusion.- Bibliography.

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Marcela Hernández G. is a Costa Rican philosopher, she received her Ph.D. from J. W. Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main, Germany.

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