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Darwin's Screens : Evolutionary Aesthetics, Time and Sexual Display in the Cinema

By Barbara Creed

Book information

Publisher
Melbourne University Publishing
Year
2009
ISBN
9780522860023, 9780522857092
LCC
QH31.D2 .C744 2009
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
2 MB (1934235 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
192\0
Time added
2023-08-21 13:01:45
Charles,-1809-1882. ; Evolution in motion picturesDarwin

Description

Addresses the major gap in film scholarship - the influence of Charles Darwin's theories on the history of the cinema. This title argues that Darwinian ideas influenced the evolution of early film genres such as horror, the detective film, science fiction, film noir and the musical.

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