Duke University Press is pleased to announce the publication of a new book
of interest to Screen-L listserv subscribers.

In *Spectacular Digital Effects, *Kristen Whissel develops the concept of
the "digital effects emblem," and contributes a new analytic rubric to
cinema studies. An "effects emblem" is a spectacular, computer-generated
visual effect that gives stunning expression to a film's key themes.
Across films such as *Avatar, The Matrix, the Lord of the Rings trilogy,
Jurassic Park, Titanic,* and* Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon*, these
effects emblems heighten the narrative drama by contrasting power with
powerlessness, life with death, freedom with constraint, and the individual
with the collective.

For more information, please visit our website:
http://www.dukeupress.edu/Spectacular-Digital-Effects

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