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Record Nr.

UNINA9910777992503321

Autore

Whissel Kristen <1969->

Titolo

Picturing American modernity [[electronic resource] ] : traffic, technology, and the silent cinema / / Kristen Whissel

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Durham, : Duke University Press, 2008

ISBN

1-283-06511-8

9786613065117

0-8223-9145-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (288 p.)

Collana

e-Duke books scholarly collection.

Disciplina

791.43/656

Soggetti

Technology in motion pictures

Transportation in motion pictures

War films - United States - History and criticism

Silent films - United States - History and criticism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

Study of the relationship between modernity and cinema, with an emphasis on how early-20th-century films represented technology and urbanization.