Description: Possessed by Stefan Andriopoulos, Peter Jansen Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Hardcover Condition Brand New Description Focuses on the terrifying notion of murder committed against ones will in silent cinema and contemporaneous literature in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. This book helps readers understand anxieties about the onslaught of visual media and the reach of vast corporations that seem to absorb our own identities. Publisher Description Silent cinema and contemporaneous literature explored themes of mesmerism, possession, and the ominous agency of corporate bodies that subsumed individual identities. At the same time, critics accused film itself of exerting a hypnotic influence over spellbound audiences. Stefan Andriopoulos shows that all this anxiety over being governed by an outside force was no marginal oddity, but rather a pervasive concern in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Tracing this preoccupation through the periods films—as well as its legal, medical, and literary texts—Andriopoulos pays particular attention to the terrifying notion of murder committed against ones will. He returns us to a time when medical researchers described the hypnotized subject as a medium who could be compelled to carry out violent crimes, and when films like The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari and Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler famously portrayed the hypnotists seemingly unlimited power on the movie screen. Juxtaposing these medicolegal and cinematic scenarios with modernist fiction, Andriopoulos also develops an innovative reading of Kafkas novels, which center on the merging of human and corporate bodies. Blending theoretical sophistication with scrupulous archival research and insightful film analysis, Possessed adds a new dimension to our understanding of todays anxieties about the onslaught of visual media and the expanding reach of vast corporations that seem to absorb our own identities. Author Biography Stefan Andriopoulos is associate professor in the Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures at Columbia University. Details ISBN 0226020541 ISBN-13 9780226020549 Title Possessed Author Stefan Andriopoulos, Peter Jansen Format Hardcover Year 2008 Pages 208 Publisher The University of Chicago Press GE_Item_ID:161784722; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. Returns If you wish to return an item, please consult our Returns Policy as below: Please contact Customer Services and request "Return Authorisation" before you send your item back to us. Unauthorised returns will not be accepted. Returns must be postmarked within 4 business days of authorisation and must be in resellable condition. Returns are shipped at the customer's risk. We cannot take responsibility for items which are lost or damaged in transit. For purchases where a shipping charge was paid, there will be no refund of the original shipping charge. Additional Questions If you have any questions please feel free to Contact Us. Categories Baby Books Electronics Fashion Games Health & Beauty Home, Garden & Pets Movies Music Sports & Outdoors Toys
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ISBN-13: 9780226020549
Book Title: Possessed
Number of Pages: 208 Pages
Publication Name: Possessed : Hypnotic Crimes, Corporate Fiction, and the Invention of Cinema
Language: English
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Subject: Horror & Supernatural, Business Ethics, General, Film / History & Criticism, Criminology
Item Height: 0.8 in
Publication Year: 2008
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 15.1 Oz
Item Length: 9 in
Author: Stefan Andriopoulos
Subject Area: Literary Criticism, Performing Arts, Social Science, Business & Economics
Item Width: 6 in
Series: Cinema and Modernity Ser.
Format: Hardcover
