Ebook: More than a method : trends and traditions in contemporary film performance

Despite the diversity of method and material, the studies in this
collection all begin from the perception that film acting is best
understood as a form of mediated performance that lies at the
intersection of art, technology, and culture. Contributors’ observations
also reflect a shared understanding that technological developments,
such as cinema, have transformed our ideas about performance,
the body, and the self. Given their focus on work from the
1950s forward, the essays feature analyses of film performances
that give expression or respond in some way to contemporary
notions about fragmented subjectivity and illusory identity.