Making History Move: Five Principles of the Historical Film - Hardcover

Nelson, Kim

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1978829787 ISBN 13: 9781978829787

Publisher: Rutgers University Press, 2024

Synopsis

Making History Move: Five Principles of the Historical Film builds upon decades of scholarship investigating history in visual culture by proposing a methodology of five principles to analyze history in moving images in the digital age. It charts a path to understanding the form of history with the most significant impact on public perceptions of the past. The book develops insights across these fields, including philosophical considerations of film and history, to clarify the form and function of history in moving images. It addresses the implications of the historical film on public historical consciousness, presenting criteria to engage and assess the truth status of depictions of the past. Each chapter offers a detailed aspect of this methodology for analyzing history in moving images. Together, they propose five principles to organize past and future scholarship in this vital, interdisciplinary field of study.

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About the Author

KIM NELSON is the director of the Humanities Research Group, and an associate professor of cinema arts in the School of Creative Arts, at the University of Windsor in Canada. Her work has screened at international film festivals and on university campuses across Canada, the US, and Europe and has been broadcast nationally on the Canadian Broadcast Corporation (CBC), as well as online with KCET in the US.

Edition details

• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Publication date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1978829787
• ISBN 13: 9781978829787
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 234