Catherine Zimmer
Surveillance Cinema (Postmillennial Pop)
- ISBN 13:
- 9781479836673
- author:
- Catherine Zimmer
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- NYU Press
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2015
- Pages:
- 288
- Dimensions:
- 15 x 1.5 x 22.6 cm
- Genre:
- Music, Stage & Screen, Film, Criticism & Theor
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
Surveillance Cinema examines how technology and ideology have come together in cinematic form to play a functional role in the politics of surveillance. Drawing on the growing field of surveillance studies, Catherine Zimmer demonstrates that screen narrative has served to organize political, racial, affective, and material formations around and through surveillance. The book considers how popular culture forms are intertwined with the current political landscape, where the imagery of anxiety, suspicion, war, and torture has become part of daily life. Through a detailed analysis of films and television series about surveillance, such as Enemy of the State, The Bourne Series, Saw, Caché, and Zero Dark Thirty, Zimmer explores the narrative tropes and stylistic practices that characterize contemporary cinema. By exploring these themes and examples, Surveillance Cinema sheds light on the ways in which screen narratives reflect and shape our understanding of surveillance in the modern world.
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