Description
About the Author
CHRISTINA PARKER-FLYNN is an assistant professor of film and literature in the Department of English at Florida State University in Tallahassee.
Reviews
"From a 'photogenic literary imperative' in 19th century literature through early cinema to Hitchcock's Vertigo and on to contemporary cinematic fantasies of replication as translated in Blade Runner: 2049's stunning digital effects, this thoroughly engrossing book demonstrates the persistence and the force of the artificial woman, and the male fantasies of reproductive power it grounds, across a formidable array of texts-from literature to photography to film-in an intermedial history of aesthetic 'generation.'"- Sharon Willis, author of High Contrast: Race and Gender in Popular Film
"From a 'photogenic literary imperative' in 19th century literature through early cinema to Hitchcock's Vertigo and on to contemporary cinematic fantasies of replication as translated in Blade Runner: 2049's stunning digital effects, this thoroughly engrossing book demonstrates the persistence and the force of the artificial woman, and the male fantasies of reproductive power it grounds, across a formidable array of texts-from literature to photography to film-in an intermedial history of aesthetic 'generation.'"- Sharon Willis, author of High Contrast: Race and Gender in Popular Film
"In Artificial Generation Christina Parker-Flynn skillfully explores the obsession with the artificial woman in nineteenth-century literature and early film. In close dialogue with film theory, she shows how the literary interest in female automatons, statues, and mummies in works by Gautier, Villiers de L'Isle-Adam, and Wilde is replicated and reinterpreted in early cinema. With its cross-aesthetic perspective, Parker Flynn's discussion advances our understanding of how various art forms grappled with questions regarding life, animation and generation. Artificial Generation uncovers a rich aesthetic tradition and deftly demonstrates its relevance for contemporary culture."
- Marit Grotta, author of Baudelaire's Media Aesthetics
Book Information
ISBN 9781978825062
Author Christina Parker-Flynn
Format Paperback
Page Count 260
Imprint Rutgers University Press
Publisher Rutgers University Press
Weight(grams) 4g
Dimensions(mm) 235mm * 156mm * 23mm