Place, Power, Situation and Spectacle: A Geography of Film

by Stuart C. Aitken (Editor), Leo E. Zonn (Editor)

Overview

Using contemporary film theory and elements of socio-cultural and political discourse, fourteen geographers examine the effects of cinematic representation of place and space on perceptions of self and societies in the world.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780847678266
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	03/29/1994
Pages:	267
Product dimensions:	6.06(w) x 8.98(h) x 0.89(d)

About the Author

Stuart C. Aitken is associate professor of geography at San Diego State University.

Leo E. Zonn is professor of geography and chairperson of the geography and planning department at East Carolina University.

Editorial Reviews

Nowhere has such a fine collection of essays argued so forcefully on the power of film to shape and mediate human experiences of place and environment.

Kenneth E. Foote

An excellent collection of essays which in their entirety provide multiple angles on three dimensions of space and film: the concrete geographies which underlie cinematic production, the inherent spatiality of filmic representation itself, and the socio-spatial relations that are reproduced and transformed via this powerful medium. Highly recommended for anyone with an interest in cultural studies in general and representation in particular.--John Paul Jones, University of Kentucky

Nowhere has such a fine collection of essays argued so forcefully on the power of film to shape and mediate human experiences of place and environment.--Kenneth E. Foote, The University of Texas at Austin

I believe this book genuinely breaks new ground....The essays brought together in this collection by Aitken and Zonn illustrate the richness and diversity of insights that are possible when cultural geographers bring their particular perspectives to the analysis of film.--Jacquie Burgess, University College London

From the Publisher

I believe this book genuinely breaks new ground....The essays brought together in this collection by Aitken and Zonn illustrate the richness and diversity of insights that are possible when cultural geographers bring their particular perspectives to the analysis of film.

Jacquie Burgess

A powerful examination of how movies. .. present and reveal the world and how we see and read the presentation. Geographers should make a useful contribution to the overall scholarship of film study.

The Journal of Popular Culture

Stimulating and provocative; an important contribution to an important debate.

John Rennie Short

It provides ample evidence of the importance of spaces, places, and landscapes to the visual discourse of cinema, and, more provocatively, in places also suggests that filmic spaces may inflect the constitution of everyday spaces. The editors and participants are to be congratulated both on marking the need for research on the geographies in film and for contributing in important ways to that research.

Ecumene

This is a long-overdue and much-needed analysis of the intersection between the spaces of film and the spaces of geography. A diverse and entertaining collection of essays that should open up new vistas in geography and critical studies.

Michael Dear

This collection will provide something for a wide number of readers with different interests and some good introductory or case studies for students.

Antipode: A Radical Journal of Geography

An excellent collection of essays which in their entirety provide multiple angles on three dimensions of space and film: the concrete geographies which underlie cinematic production, the inherent spatiality of filmic representation itself, and the socio-spatial relations that are reproduced and transformed via this powerful medium. Highly recommended for anyone with an interest in cultural studies in general and representation in particular.

John Paul Jones

This collection will provide something for a wide number of readers with different interests and some good introductory or case studies for students.

Antipode: A Radical Journal of Geography

This collection will provide something for a wide number of readers with different interests and some good introductory or case studies for students.

Antipode

A collection of 11 essays exploring the relationship between film and the politics of social and cultural representation from the perspective of geography. Without attempting to establish a theoretical consensus for the embryonic field, they discuss such places as the Third World, Jerusalem, Highway 66, and British new towns, and such movies as Chariots of Fire, Storm Boy, and Lawrence of Arabia. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Booknews

Nowhere has such a fine collection of essays argued so forcefully on the power of film to shape and mediate human experiences of place and environment.

Kenneth E. Foote Kenneth E. Foote