{"product_id":"9781844578993","title":"Animal Life and the Moving Image","description":"From the proto-cinematic sequencing of animal motion in the nineteenth century to the ubiquity of animal videos online, the histories of animal life and the moving image are enigmatically interlocked.\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAnimal Life and the Moving Image\u003c\/em\u003e is the first collection of essays to offer a sustained focus on the relations between screen cultures and non-human animals. The volume brings together some of the most important and influential writers working on the non-human animal's significance for cultures and theories of the moving image. It offers innovative analyses of the representation of animals across a wide range of documentary, fiction, mainstream and avant-garde practices, from early cinema to contemporary user-generated media. Individual chapters consider \u003cem\u003eKing Kong\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Birds\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Misfits\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Cove\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eGrizzly Man\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eMicrocosmos\u003c\/em\u003e, the work of Sergei Eisenstein, Robert Bresson, Malcolm Le Grice, Peter Greenaway, Carolee Schneemann and Isabella Rossellini, and YouTube stars Christian the lion and Maru the cat.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BFI Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50096692363504,"sku":"9781844578993","price":39.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781844578993","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}