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MacKinnon, John Kenneth was born on December 11, 1942 in Inverness, Scotland. Son of John and Agnes Frances (MacKay) MacKinnon.
( If Greek tragedy is sometimes regarded as a form long d...)
If Greek tragedy is sometimes regarded as a form long dead and buried, both theatre producers and film directors seem slow to accept its interment. Originally published in 1986, this book reflects the renewed interest in questions of staging the Greek plays, to give a comprehensive account and critical analysis of all the important versions of Greek tragedy made on film. From the 1927 footage of the re-enactment of Aeschylus’ Prometheus in Chains at the Delphi Festival organised by Angelos Sikelianos to Pasolini’s Notes for an African Oresteia, the study encompasses the version of Oedipus by Tyrone Guthrie, Tzavellas’s Antigone (with Irene Papas), Michael Cacoyannis’s series which included Electra, The Trojan Women, and Iphigeneia, Pasolini’s Oedipus and Medea (with Maria Callas), Miklos Jancso’s Elektreia, Dassim’s Phaedra and others. Many interesting questions are raised by the transference of a highly stylised form such as Greek tragedy to what is often claimed to be the ‘realistic’ medium of film. What becomes clear is that the heroic myths retain with ease the power to move the audiences in very different milieux through often strikingly different means. The book may be read as an adjunct to viewing of the films, but enough synopsis is given to make its arguments accessible to those familiar only with the classical texts, or with neither version.
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(Film studies most influential account of cinema spectator...)
Film studies most influential account of cinema spectatorship labels it male, differentiated from the female variety by its phallic, sadistic visual pleasure. The male of this account is not an actual man in the cinema audience but a textually constructed viewing position. Over time, however, the investigation of female spectators' experience blurs that distinction. This book weighs the evidence for the nature of male spectatorship. It considers fantasy, masquerade, readership, and the questioning of sex and gender achieved by queer theory and by appeal to anthropology and genetics. It recognizes the cruciality of love as an element in Hollywood narrative, and so questions both the male's alleged mastery when he is feminized by love, and film studies habit of declaring the love story female territory. Analyses of five 1950s movies suggest that, if the male on screen is an identification point for the male in the audience, then his experience is far from that of secure mastery.
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This study of American and British thinking in the 1980s uses popular movies as evidence of the influence of the Right, particularly on conceptions of the family and sexuality. The aim of the book is to expose the kind of thinking about AIDS which has resulted in a health crisis.
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( Taking its cue from the greater visibility of men's stu...)
Taking its cue from the greater visibility of men's studies in the last decade, this comprehensive volume focuses on the various ways that mass media do not so much "reflect" masculinity in society as "teach" it by creating or reinforcing its own idealized images. Encompassing a wide-spectrum of research particularly from the last twenty years, this book shows the range of masculine identities. While these publications normally deal with one specific medium, the present study considers four distinct mediums of mass media: movies, television, advertising, and sports coverage.
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film and television studies educator
MacKinnon, John Kenneth was born on December 11, 1942 in Inverness, Scotland. Son of John and Agnes Frances (MacKay) MacKinnon.
Master of Arts with 1st class honors, University Edinburgh, Scotland, 1965. BLitt, University Oxford, England, 1969. Diploma in Film Studies, University London, 1979.
Lecturer Greek, U. London, 1968-1969; lecturer classics, Polytechnic of North London, 1972-1984; lecturer film studies, U. North London, since 1984; professor, U. North London, since 1991.
(This volume offers a comprehensive account and critical a...)
( Taking its cue from the greater visibility of men's stu...)
(This study of American and British thinking in the 1980s ...)
(Film studies most influential account of cinema spectator...)
( If Greek tragedy is sometimes regarded as a form long d...)
( If Greek tragedy is sometimes regarded as a form long d...)
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