{"product_id":"bigger-than-life-mary-ann-doane-9781478014485","title":"Bigger Than Life: The Close-Up and Scale in the Cinema","description":"In \u003ci\u003eBigger Than Life\u003c\/i\u003e Mary Ann Doane examines how the scalar operations of cinema, especially those of the close-up, disturb and reconfigure the spectator's sense of place, space, and orientation. Doane traces the history of scalar transformations from early cinema to the contemporary use of digital technology. In the early years of cinema, audiences regarded the monumental close-up, particularly of the face, as grotesque and often horrifying, even as it sought to expose a character's interiority through its magnification of detail and expression. Today, large-scale technologies such as IMAX and surround sound strive to dissolve the cinematic frame and invade the spectator's space, \"immersing\" them in image and sound. The notion of immersion, Doane contends, is symptomatic of a crisis of location in technologically mediated space and a reconceptualization of position, scale, and distance. In this way, cinematic scale and its modes of spatialization and despatialization have shaped the modern subject, interpolating them into the incessant expansion of commodification.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mary Ann Doane\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1478014482\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781478014485\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Duke University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/18\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 376\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.09lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.77d","brand":"Mary Ann Doane","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44049125114111,"sku":"9781478014485","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_3a726308-7e5e-4b97-b9c3-c3c161232fa1.jpg?v=1684999775","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/bigger-than-life-mary-ann-doane-9781478014485","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}