Screens and Illusionism

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Screens and Illusionism is written by Dominique Jullien and published by Edinburgh University Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1399536567 (ISBN 10) and 9781399536561 (ISBN 13).

Screens and Illusionism explores the effects of illusionism as foundational to contemporary acts of perception and aesthetics. Our point of departure is the acknowledgement that our sensory perception is fundamentally subject to mediation, through a class of objects, techniques, and technologies. We emphasize mediation to consider the loss of optical certainty, and explore illusionism within the register of the uncanny. The volume is divided into three sections: Screens as Perceptual Vehicles (Part I), Mediation and its Avatars (Part II), and Alternative Teleologies of Media (Part III). Overall, the collection resonates with contemporary discussions of screen culture, media materiality and intermediality. It explores an array of pre- and post-cinematic devices and spectacular entertainments, forging links between "e;old"e; and "e;new"e; media, and across media formats.