Cinematic Chronotopes

Pepita Hesselberth is assistant professor in cultural theory, film, and digital media at the Department of Film and Literary Studies, Leiden University, the Netherlands. She is the author of Cinematic Chronotopes (Bloomsbury, 2014), and the co-editor of two collected volumes on compact cinematic forms: Compact Cinematics (with Maria Poulaki; Bloomsbury 2017), and, as guest editor of Empedocles: Journal of Philosophy of Communication, on “Short Film Experience” (with Carlos Roos; 2015). Currently she is working on her project on Disconnectivity in the Digital Age, for which she received a grant from the Danish Council of Independent Research, and is appointed as a research fellow at the University of Copenhagen.

• AcknowledgementsList of IllustrationsIntroductionThe Site of CinemaCinematic TimeDeixisFlashing ForwardHERE - Locating the CinematicExpanded Cinema: Proliferating ScreensIt’s About Time (Or Is It?): SituatingOther Rooms: Re-scalingOuter and Inner Space: ExpandingLocating the Cinematic: HereNOW - Navigating Cinematic TimeHandheld Histories: Authenticity, Reflexivity, CorporealityAuthentic Encounters: Zusje (Little Sister)Affective Encounters: RosettaTraumatic Encounters: Idioterne (The Idiots)Navigating Cinematic Time: NowMe - Situating Cinematic Presence3D and the Demise of the Euclidian SubjectProjection: From Subject-Effect to Presence-EffectPresence and the Temporality of the EventThe Experience of AgencySituating Cinematic Presence: MeCoda – Flash ForwardNotesFilmographyBibliographyIndex

Pepita Hesselberth’s Cinematic Chronotopes contributes to the contemporary debate about the survival and role of cinema in the era of digital media.