A Body of Vision: Representations of the Body in Recent Films and Poetry

Elder, R. Bruce

ISBN 10: 0889202761 / ISBN 13: 9780889202764

Published by Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 1997

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Hardcover with dustjacket , 400 pages, very good condition; light rubbing to dj; no internal marks.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Body of Vision: Representations of the Body in Recent Films and Poetry
• Publisher: Wilfrid Laurier University Press
• Publication Date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0889202761
• ISBN 13: 9780889202764
• Binding: Hardcover
• Seller catalogs:
  • Film

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Synopsis

Elder examines how artists such as Brakhage, Artaud, Schneemann, Cohen and others have tried to recognize and to convey primordial forms of experiences. He argues that the attempt to convey these primordial modes of awareness demands a different conception of artistic meaning from any of those that currently dominate contemporary critical discussion. By reworking theories and speech in highly original ways, Elder formulates this new conception. His remarks on the gaps in contemporary critical practices will likely become the focus of much debate.

About the Author

R. Bruce Elder is an award-winning filmmaker and teaches media at Ryerson University. His book Harmony & Dissent (WLU Press, 2008) received the prestigious Robert Motherwell Book Prize and was named a Choice Outstanding Academic Book. Rudolf Kuenzli described DADA, Surrealism, and the Cinematic Effect (WLU Press, 2013) as “that rare book that casts the early twentieth-century avant-garde in a very new light.”