Matters of Gravity: Special Effects and Supermen in the 20th Century

by Scott Bukatman

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The headlong rush, the rapid montage, the soaring superhero, the plunging roller coaster-- Matters of Gravity focuses on the experience of technological spectacle in American popular culture over the past century. In these essays, leading media and cultural theorist Scott Bukatman reveals how popular culture tames the threats posed by technology and urban modernity by immersing people in delirious kinetic environments like those traversed by Plastic...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0822331195

ISBN13:9780822331193

Release Date:July 2003

Publisher:Duke University Press

Length:296 Pages

Weight:1.90 lbs.

Dimensions:0.7" x 6.0" x 9.3"

Related Subjects

Communication & Media Studies History Social Science Social Sciences

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