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UNINA9910777992503321 |
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Autore |
Whissel Kristen <1969-> |
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Titolo |
Picturing American modernity [[electronic resource] ] : traffic, technology, and the silent cinema / / Kristen Whissel |
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Durham, : Duke University Press, 2008 |
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ISBN |
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1-283-06511-8 |
9786613065117 |
0-8223-9145-7 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (288 p.) |
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Collana |
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e-Duke books scholarly collection. |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Technology in motion pictures |
Transportation in motion pictures |
War films - United States - History and criticism |
Silent films - United States - History and criticism |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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1 The Early Cinema Encounters Empire: War Actualities, American Modernity, and Military Masculinity -- 2 Placing Audiences on the Scene of History: Modern Warfare and the Battle Reenactment at the Turn of the Century -- 3 Electric Modernity and the Cinema at the Pan-American Exposition: The City of Living Light -- 4 Regulating Mobility: Traffic, Technology, and Feature-Length Narrativity. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Study of the relationship between modernity and cinema, with an emphasis on how early-20th-century films represented technology and urbanization. |
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