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Additional Physical Format: | Print version: Flusser, Vilem, 1920-1991. Gestures. Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 2014 (DLC) 2013038693 |
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Material Type: | Document, Internet resource |
Document Type: | Internet Resource, Computer File |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Vilem Flusser |
ISBN: | 9781452941882 1452941882 |
OCLC Number: | 995309293 |
Description: | 1 recurso en línea |
Contents: | ContentsTranslator's PrefaceGesture and Affect: The Practice of a Phenomenology of GesturesBeyond Machines (But Still within the Phenomenology of Gestures)The Gesture of WritingThe Gesture of SpeakingThe Gesture of MakingThe Gesture of LovingThe Gesture of DestroyingThe Gesture of PaintingThe Gesture of PhotographingThe Gesture of FilmingThe Gesture of Turning a Mask AroundThe Gesture of PlantingThe Gesture of ShavingThe Gesture of Listening to MusicThe Gesture of Smoking a PipeThe Gesture of TelephoningThe Gesture of VideoThe Gesture of SearchingAppendix: Toward a General Theory of GesturesTranslator's NotesIndex |
Other Titles: | Gestes. |
Responsibility: | Vilom Flusser ; translated by Nancy Ann Roth. |
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"Flusser transforms gesture to the level of metaphor, offering deep, sometimes metaphysical, interpretation of the human condition. Though it resists being put in a particular disciplinary niche, Gestures will surely become a standard for the many scholars who have already debated or acknowledged the value of Flusser's claims."-CHOICE"Flusser's book transcends the time in which it was written."-International Journal of Communication"Flusser's writings have a more accessible style, offering precise examples and analogies to specify key concepts. For this reason, the work of Flusser, especially Gestures, eclectically engages with deconstructive paradigms of philosophy at a level accessible to undergraduate students and academics."-Screen Bodies Read more...

