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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Sébastien LefaitPublisher: Scarecrow Press Imprint: Scarecrow Press Dimensions: Width: 15.70cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 23.60cm Weight: 0.499kg ISBN: 9780810885905ISBN 10: 0810885905 Pages: 252 Publication Date: 18 October 2012 Audience: College/higher education , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsContents Acknowledgements Introduction Chapter 1 Dystopian (Super)Panopticism: from Nineteen Eighty-Four to Orwellian Films Chapter 2 Closed-Circuit Filmmaking: Cinema in the Age of Panopticism Come True Chapter 3 Audiovisual Fiction and Synoptic Surveillance: the Televisualisation of Life Chapter 4 Cinema in the Catoptic Age: Visions of a Sousveillance World Conclusion: Surveillance Screens—The New Site of Film? Bibliography Filmography About the authorReviewsThis volume will be of interest to film and media students and can serve to supplement other film reference works in modern cinema. It may also be of interest to those in surveillance studies, sociology, and information technology. American Reference Books Annual (ARBA) This volume will be of interest to film and media students and can serve to supplement other film reference works in modern cinema. It may also be of interest to those in surveillance studies, sociology, and information technology. American Reference Books Annual Lefait presents a series of detailed arguments throughout the book about the intertwined relationship between surveillance and cinema/television, and our position, both watching screens and being watched by them. Overall, the book provides a very clear analysis of the various debates about surveillance and popular culture, with some well-chosen and closely-analysed films and television programmes throughout. Cercles This volume will be of interest to film and media students and can serve to supplement other film reference works in modern cinema. It may also be of interest to those in surveillance studies, sociology, and information technology. * American Reference Books Annual * Lefait presents a series of detailed arguments throughout the book about the intertwined relationship between surveillance and cinema/television, and our position, both watching screens and being watched by them. Overall, the book provides a very clear analysis of the various debates about surveillance and popular culture, with some well-chosen and closely-analysed films and television programmes throughout. * Cercles * The book is solidly written and engaging throughout. . . .After reading Surveillance on Screen: Monitoring Contemporary Films and Television Programs by Sébastien Lefait, [the reader has] a greater understanding and appreciation of the purpose of surveillance in cinema and how the techniques are applied in some of the best known surveillance films. * Film Matters * This volume will be of interest to film and media students and can serve to supplement other film reference works in modern cinema. It may also be of interest to those in surveillance studies, sociology, and information technology. American Reference Books Annual Author InformationSébastien Lefait is Lecturer in English Literature and Film at the University of Corsica. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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