Hitchcock and the Cinema of Sensations: Embodied Film Theory and Cinematic Reception

by Paul Elliott

When we talk of 'seeing' a film, we do not refer to a purely visual experience. Rather, to understand what we see on screen, we rely as much on non-visual senses as we do on sight. This new book rethinks the body in the cinema seat, charting the emergence of embodied film theory and drawing on developments in philosophy, neuroscience, body politics and film theory. Through the prism of Alfred Hitchcock's films, we explore how our bodies and sensual...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1848855877
• ISBN13: 9781848855878
• Release Date: September 2011
• Publisher: I. B. Tauris & Company
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.7" x 8.5"