Mind the Screen
Edited by Jaap Kooijman, Patricia Pisters and Wanda Strauven
Mind the Screen pays tribute to the work of Thomas Elsaesser, one of the pioneering and leading scholars in the field of film and media studies. Each contribution applies a media concept as developed by Elsaesser, revealing the wide range of themes and concerns that have come to define his work - not only in film and television studies, but also in new media studies, art and visual culture, system theory, media archaeology, and more. The issues discussed include cinephilia, melodrama, historical imaginary, post-classical Hollywood, European cinema, mind-game film, double occupancy, media technology, YouTube, images of terrorism, and the audiovisual archive. Together these essays present a close-up of media concepts, providing a looking glass for all types of audiovisual screens, from archaeological pre-cinematic screens to the silver screen, from the television set to the video art installation and the digital e-screen, and from the outdoor city screen to the mobile phone display.
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