Originally released as a videographic experiment in film history; Jean-Luc Godards Histoire(s) du cineacute;ma has pioneered how we think about and narrate cinema history; and in how history is taught through cinema. In this stunningly illustrated volume; Michael Witt explores Godardrsquo;s landmark work as both a specimen of an artists vision and a philosophical statement on the history of film. Witt contextualizes Godards theories and approaches to historiography and provides a guide to the wide-ranging cinematic; aesthetic; and cultural forces that shaped Godards groundbreaking ideas on the history of cinema.
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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful. Anthology of Feminism; Technoscience and ReproductionBy sidney eve matrixSixteen essays make a contribution to "cyborg anthropology" and "cyborg feminism." Volume considers human reproduction through the lens of an interrogation of the cyborg metaphor; its power; pleasure; promise; and threat. Section one essays discuss medico-technological interventions in conception and contraception including production of "technosemen." Section two includes essays by Emily Martin; Rayna Rapp and others; examining gestation and the use of medical imaging (ultrasound) and screening (amniocentesis) technologies to produce "normal" and "healthy" fetuses. Section three essays consider technobirth; focusing on the medical monitoring and management of the mothers body. Section four considers childrearing in a digital culture; including essay by Sherry Turkle on cyborg babies in a culture of "simulation." Exceptional introduction by David-Floyd and Dumit provides historical/theoretical overview of cyborg metaphor as quintessential postmodern myth and tool.