McLuhan's Galaxies: Science Fiction Film Aesthetics in Light of Marshall McLuhan's Thought

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Skweres, Artur (Συγγραφέας, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2019.
• Σειρά: Issues in Literature and Culture,
• Θέματα: Motion pictures and television.; Technology in literature.; Aesthetics.; Screen Studies.; Literature and Technology/Media.

This groundbreaking book uses observations made by Marshall McLuhan to analyze the aesthetics of science fiction films, treating them as visual metaphors or probes into the new reality dominated by electronic media: - it considers the relations between the senses and sensuality in Blade Runner, the...

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