Not Just Ensemble Films: Six Degrees, Webs, Multiplexity and the Rise of Network Narratives

In a scene from Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu's 2006 film Babel, one afternoon a deaf-mute Japanese girl, Chieko, gossips in sign language with a school friend via her mobile phone's web cam. The scene's linguistically estranged nature encapsulates how language in itself is a technology...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Vivien Silvey
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Edinburgh 2009-06-01
Series:Forum
Online Access:http://www.forumjournal.org/article/view/621