Vivian Sobchack

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Vivian Sobchack


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Vivian Sobchack was the first woman elected President of the Society for Cinema and Media Studies, and is on the Board of Directors of the American Film Institute. Her essays have appeared in journals such as Quarterly Review of Film and Video, Film Comment, camera obscure, Film Quarterly and Representations. Her books include Screening Space: The American Science Fiction Film; The Address of the Eye: A Phenomenology of Film Experience; and Carnal Thoughts: Embodiment and Moving Image Culture, and she has edited two anthologies: Meta-Morphing: Visual Transformation and the Culture of Quick-Change; and The Persistence of History: Cinema, Television, and the Modern Event. Her research interests are eclectic: American film genres, philosophy a ...more

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Screening Space: The Americ...

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Carnal Thoughts: Embodiment...

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The Address of the Eye: A P...

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Documenting the Documentary...

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An Introduction to Film, 2n...

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The Persistence of History

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Meta-Morphing: Visual Trans...

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Le corps du film: Une phéno...

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The Limits of Infinity: The...

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Spazio e tempo nel cinema d...

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