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Abel Richard <1941-> |
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Americanizing the movies and "movie-mad" audiences, 1910-1914 [[electronic resource] /] / Richard Abel |
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Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2006 |
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ISBN |
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1-282-35839-1 |
0-520-93952-2 |
9786612358395 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (392 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Motion pictures - United States - History |
Motion pictures - Social aspects - United States |
Nationalism - United States |
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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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Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- L'Envoi of Moving Pictures -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. American Variety and/or Foreign Features -- Entr'acte 1. Mapping the Local Terrain of Exhibition -- Chapter 2. The "Usable Past" of Westerns -- Entr'acte 2. Moviegoing Habits and Everyday Life -- Chapter 3. The "Usable Past" of Westerns -- Entr'acte 3. A "Forgotten" Part of the Program -- Chapter 4. The "Usable Past" of Civil War Films -- Entr'acte 4. Another "Forgotten" Part of the Program -- Chapter 5. The "Usable Present" of Thrillers -- Entr'acte 5. Trash Twins -- Chapter 6. "The Power of Personality in Pictures" -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This engaging, deeply researched study provides the richest and most nuanced picture we have to date of cinema-both movies and movie-going-in the early 1910's. At the same time, it makes clear the profound relationship between early cinema and the construction of a national identity in this important transitional period in the United States. Richard Abel looks closely at sensational melodramas, including westerns (cowboy, cowboy-girl, and Indian pictures), Civil War films (especially girl-spy films), detective films, and animal pictures-all popular genres of the day that have received little critical attention. He |
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simultaneously analyzes film distribution and exhibition practices in order to reconstruct a context for understanding moviegoing at a time when American cities were coming to grips with new groups of immigrants and women working outside the home. Drawing from a wealth of research in archive prints, the trade press, fan magazines, newspaper advertising, reviews, and syndicated columns-the latter of which highlight the importance of the emerging star system-Abel sheds new light on the history of the film industry, on working-class and immigrant culture at the turn of the century, and on the process of imaging a national community. |
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