Print version: Curtis, Scott. Shape of spectatorship : art, science, and early cinema in Germany. New York : Columbia University Press, c2015 xv, 371 pages Film and culture. ISBN 9780231134033
Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-354) and index
Introduction -- Science’s cinematic method: motion pictures and scientific research -- Between observation and spectatorship: medicine, movies, and mass culture -- The taste of a nation: educating the senses and sensibilities of film spectators -- The problem with passivity: aesthetic contemplation and film spectatorship -- Conclusion: toward a tactile historiography.