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Brasch Ilka |
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Film Serials and the American Cinema, 1910-1940 : Operational Detection / / Ilka Brasch |
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Amsterdam, : Amsterdam University Press, 2018 |
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Amsterdam : , : Amsterdam University Press, , [2018] |
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©2018 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (321 pages) : illustrations |
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Collana |
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Film culture in transition |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Film serials |
ART - Film & Video |
PERFORMING ARTS - Film - History & Criticism |
Theatre studies |
Film theory & criticism |
Electronic, holographic & video art |
Film serials - History |
History |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction; 2. The Operational Aesthetic; 3. Film Serials Between 1910 and 1940; 4. Detectives, Traces, and Repetition in The Exploits of Elaine; 5. Repetition, Reiteration, and Reenactment: Operational Detection; 6. Sound Serials: Media Contingency in the 1930s; 7. Conclusion: Telefilm, Cross-Media Migration, and the Demise of the Film Serial; Index of Names; Index of Film Titles; Index of Subjects |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Before the advent of television, cinema offered serialised films as a source of weekly entertainment. This book traces the history from the days of silent screen heroines to the sound era's daring adventure serials, unearthing a thriving film culture beyond the self-contained feature. Through extensive archival research, Ilka Brasch details the aesthetic appeals of film serials within their context of marketing and |
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