UID:
almahu_9948344917102882
Format:
1 online resource (408 pages) :
,
illustrations.
ISBN:
9780190051297 (ebook) :
Series Statement:
Oxford scholarship online
Content:
In the late 19th century, neurophysiology introduced techniques for detecting somatic signs of psychological processes. Scientific modes of recording, representing, and interpreting body movement as "expressive" soon found use in multiple cultural domains. Based on archival materials, this study charts the avenues by which physiological psychology reached the arts and evaluates institutional practices and political trends that promoted interdisciplinary engagements in the first quarter of the 20th century. In mapping the emergence of a paradigm it calls "psychomotor aesthetics," this book uncovers little-known sources of Russian Futurism, Formalist poetics, avant-garde film theories of Lev Kuleshov and Sergei Eisenstein, and early Soviet programs for evaluating filmgoers' reactions.
Additional Edition:
Print version : ISBN 9780190051259
Language:
English
URL:
Oxford scholarship online
