The Resource The garden in the machine : a field guide to independent films about place, Scott MacDonald
The garden in the machine : a field guide to independent films about place, Scott MacDonald
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- Summary
- The Garden in the Machine explores the evocations of place, and particularly American place, that have become so central to the representational and narrative strategies of alternative and mainstream film and video. Scott MacDonald contextualizes his discussion with a wide-ranging and deeply informed analysis of the depiction of place in nineteenth- and twentieth-century literature, painting, and photography. Accessible and engaging, this book examines the manner in which these films represent nature and landscape in particular, and location in general. It offers us both new readings of the fi
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xxvi, 461 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates)
- Contents
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- Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication Page; Table of Contents; List of Illustrations; Introduction; Chapter 1. The Garden in the Machine, ; Chapter 2. Voyages of Life; Chapter 3. Avant-Gardens; Chapter 4. Re-envisioning the American West; Chapter 5. From the Sublime to the Vernacular; Chapter 6. The City as Motion Picture; Chapter 7. The Country in the City; Chapter 8. Rural (and Urban) Hours; Chapter 9. Expulsion from the Garden; Chapter 10. Satan's National Park; Chapter 11. Benedictions/New Frontiers; Appendix; Notes; Index
- Isbn
- 9781280492044
- Label
- The garden in the machine : a field guide to independent films about place
- Title
- The garden in the machine
- Title remainder
- a field guide to independent films about place
- Statement of responsibility
- Scott MacDonald
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- The Garden in the Machine explores the evocations of place, and particularly American place, that have become so central to the representational and narrative strategies of alternative and mainstream film and video. Scott MacDonald contextualizes his discussion with a wide-ranging and deeply informed analysis of the depiction of place in nineteenth- and twentieth-century literature, painting, and photography. Accessible and engaging, this book examines the manner in which these films represent nature and landscape in particular, and location in general. It offers us both new readings of the fi
- Cataloging source
- COO
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- 1942-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- MacDonald, Scott
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- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- plates
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
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- dictionaries
- bibliography
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- Experimental films
- Motion pictures
- ART
- PERFORMING ARTS
- PERFORMING ARTS
- Experimental films
- Motion pictures
- Label
- The garden in the machine : a field guide to independent films about place, Scott MacDonald
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 387-446) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
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- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- mixed
- Content category
- text
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- txt
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- Contents
- Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication Page; Table of Contents; List of Illustrations; Introduction; Chapter 1. The Garden in the Machine, ; Chapter 2. Voyages of Life; Chapter 3. Avant-Gardens; Chapter 4. Re-envisioning the American West; Chapter 5. From the Sublime to the Vernacular; Chapter 6. The City as Motion Picture; Chapter 7. The Country in the City; Chapter 8. Rural (and Urban) Hours; Chapter 9. Expulsion from the Garden; Chapter 10. Satan's National Park; Chapter 11. Benedictions/New Frontiers; Appendix; Notes; Index
- Control code
- ocn733997180
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xxvi, 461 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates)
- File format
- multiple file formats
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781280492044
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- c
- Note
- JSTOR
- Other physical details
- illustrations (some color)
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- 22573/cttt2zfc
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- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)733997180
- Label
- The garden in the machine : a field guide to independent films about place, Scott MacDonald
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 387-446) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- mixed
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication Page; Table of Contents; List of Illustrations; Introduction; Chapter 1. The Garden in the Machine, ; Chapter 2. Voyages of Life; Chapter 3. Avant-Gardens; Chapter 4. Re-envisioning the American West; Chapter 5. From the Sublime to the Vernacular; Chapter 6. The City as Motion Picture; Chapter 7. The Country in the City; Chapter 8. Rural (and Urban) Hours; Chapter 9. Expulsion from the Garden; Chapter 10. Satan's National Park; Chapter 11. Benedictions/New Frontiers; Appendix; Notes; Index
- Control code
- ocn733997180
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xxvi, 461 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates)
- File format
- multiple file formats
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781280492044
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Note
- JSTOR
- Other physical details
- illustrations (some color)
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 22573/cttt2zfc
- Quality assurance targets
- unknown
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)733997180
Subject
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Electronic books
- Experimental films
- Experimental films -- History and criticism
- Motion pictures -- Setting and scenery
- Motion pictures -- Setting and scenery
- PERFORMING ARTS -- Film & Video | General
- PERFORMING ARTS -- Film & Video | Reference
- ART -- Film & Video
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