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Main Entry - Personal Name	Bukatman, Scott,
Title Statement	Matters of gravity : special effects and supermen in the 20th century
Publication, Distribution, etc. (Imprint)	Duke University Press , Durham, N.C. ; London ; 2003 : 2003.
	2003
	Språk: Engelska.
SAB Classification Code	F635.36 F236 F756.1-21 New York Igy-qa Geq.05 Imbae-qa Imbak-qa Bs-qa
Physical Description	279 s., [16] pl.-s. : ill.
Bibliography, etc. Note	Bibliografi, index
Subject - Topical Term	Superhjältar på film, USA Specialeffekter, USA Populärkultur, USA Populärkultur 1900-talet Förenta staterna Hjältar i filmen Superhjältar Popular culture History 20th century. United States Body, Human Social aspects History 20th century. United States Metamorphosis Social aspects History 20th century. United States Mass media Social aspects History 20th century. United States Motion pictures Social aspects History 20th century. United States Technology Social aspects History 20th century. United States Heroes in motion pictures
Subject - Geographic Name	United States
ISBN	0-8223-3132-2 (inb.) 0-8223-3132-2 : 0-8223-3119-5 (hft.) 0-8223-3119-5 :
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The headlong rush, the rapid montage, the soaring superhero, the plunging roller coaster-- Matters of Gravity focuses on the experience of technological spectacle in American popular culture over the past century. In these essays, leading media and cultural theorist Scott Bukatman reveals how popular culture tames the threats posed by technology and urban modernity by immersing people in delirious kinetic environments like those traversed by Plastic Man, Superman, and the careening astronauts of 2001: A Space Odyssey and The Right Stuff. He argues that as advanced technologies have proliferated, popular culture has turned the attendant fear of instability into the thrill of topsy-turvydom, often by presenting images and experiences of weightless escape from controlled space.

Considering theme parks, cyberspace, cinematic special effects, superhero comics, and musical films, Matters of Gravity highlights phenomena that make technology spectacular, permit unfettered flights of fantasy, and free us momentarily from the weight of gravity and history, of past and present. Bukatman delves into the dynamic ways pop culture imagines that apotheosis of modernity: the urban metropolis. He points to two genres, musical films and superhero comics, that turn the city into a unique site of transformative power. Leaping in single bounds from lively descriptions to sharp theoretical insights, Matters of Gravity is a deft, exhilarating celebration of the liberatory effects of popular culture.

Preface

The Ultimate Trip: Special Effects and Kaleidoscopic Perception

The Grace of Beings

Taking Shape: Morphing and the Performance of Self
Syncopated City: New York in Musical Film (1929-1961)
The Boys in the Hoods: A Song of the Urban Superhero (2000)

Notes
Bibliography
Index
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Remembering Cyberspace

There's Always...Tomorrowland: Disney and the Hypercinematic Experience
Gibson's Typewriter
X-Bodies: The Torment of the Mutant Superhero (1994)

Kaleidoscopic Perceptions

The Artificial Infinite: On Special Effects and the Sublime