In 1888, Thomas Edison announced that he was experimenting on
"an instrument which does for the eye what the phonograph does for
the ear, which is the recording and reproduction of things in
motion." Just as Edison s investigations were framed in terms of
the known technologies of the phonograph and the microscope, the
essays in this collection address the contexts of innovation and
reception that have framed the development of moving images in the
last 100 years. Three concerns are of particular interest: the
contexts of innovation and reception for moving image technologies;
the role of the observer, whose vision and cognitive processes
define some of the limits of inquiry and epistemological insight;
and the role of new media, which, engaging with the domestic sphere
as cultural interface, are transforming our understanding of public
and private spheres.
The 17 previously unpublished essays in Moving Images represent
the best of current research in the history of this field. They
make a timely and stimulating contribution to debates concerning
the impact of new media on the history of cinema.
Contributors include: William Boddy, Carlos Bustamante, Warren
Buckland, Valeria Camporesi, Bent Fausing, Oliver Gaycken, Alison
Griffiths, Christopher Hales, Jan Holmberg, Solveig Julich, Frank
Kessler, Jay Moman, Sheila C. Murphy, Pelle Snickars, Paul C.
Spehr, Bjorn Thuresson, and Ake Walldius."
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