The shape of spectatorship : art, science, and early cinema in Germany / Scott Curtis.

New York : Columbia University Press, [2015]

xv, 371 pages ; 24 cm.

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.

Includes bibliographical references and index.