Table of Contents

One. The Moving Image in Crisis: Disaster and Memory Two. Manufacturing Identity in the Cold War Era: The Televisual Gaze Three. The Industry of Transcendence: Theorizing a Community Four. Superstructures of the Dominant Cinema: The Alterity of Symbolic Capital

Promotional Information

"Dixon is one of the most useful film critics I know. He is a superb guide to the issues facing filmmakers and filmwriters alike as we approach the new millennium." -- Steven Shaviro, author of Doom Patrols: A Theoretical Fiction About Postmodernism

About the Author

Wheeler Winston Dixon is professor of English at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln, where he is chair of the Film Studies Program. He is the author of The Films of Jean-Luc Godard; The Exploding Eye: A Re-Visionary History of the American Experimental Cinema; and The Transparency of Spectacle.

Reviews

"Disaster and Memory" counts among the most vigorous and inspiring studies of cinema that I have read over the last decade. I advise film students at large to read the book without delay.