[Commlist] New book: From Self-Portrait to Selfie

Peter Lang Oxford is pleased to announce the publication of the latest 
volume in the /New Studies in European Cinema 
<https://www.peterlang.com/view/serial/NSEC>/ series edited by Wendy 
Everett and Fiona Handyside:

*From Self-Portrait to Selfie <https://www.peterlang.com/view/title/66159>*

Representing the Self in the Moving Image

Edited by Muriel Tinel-Temple, Laura Busetta and Marlène Monteiro

Oxford, 2019. 276 pp., 28 fig. £45.00

New Studies in European Cinema 
<https://www.peterlang.com/view/serial/NSEC>, Vol. 22

Series Editors: Wendy Everett and Fiona Handyside

ISBN 978-1-78874-061-6 pb.

ISBN 978-1-78874-063-0 eBook

Self-portraiture is a singular form within the broad field of 
first-person film and video – not so much an account of the filmmaker’s 
intimate life as a representation of the artist at a given instant. With 
deep roots in the Western tradition of painting and literature, 
self-portraiture in the moving image can be considered to be a hybrid 
practice, not fitting into the traditional definition of documentary or 
fiction, as it breaks the boundaries of both genres.

The investigative and self-reflexive stance of the self-portrait raises 
questions about intimacy, the appearance and corporeality of the subject 
and, more importantly, the medium itself. Today the understanding and 
definition of this practice is being challenged by the emergence of new 
forms of self-portraiture brought about by digital media, such as the 
selfie phenomenon. Against this backdrop, this book reassesses the 
significance of the self-portrait in the moving image and new media by 
exploring a varied and international body of works.

Available for purchase here: https://www.peterlang.com/view/title/66159


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