02799nam 22006972 450 991081806140332120240426185931.00-19-772615-11-280-83497-80-19-534388-310.1093/oso/9780195140934.001.0001(CKB)1000000000402958(EBL)430741(OCoLC)252664670(SSID)ssj0000245966(PQKBManifestationID)11186298(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000245966(PQKBWorkID)10180635(PQKB)11735933(Au-PeEL)EBL430741(CaPaEBR)ebr10273018(CaONFJC)MIL83497(MiAaPQ)EBC430741(OCoLC)1406785458(StDuBDS)9780197726150(EXLCZ)99100000000040295820010124e20232001 fy 0engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierSilent film and the triumph of the American myth /Paula Marantz Cohen[electronic resource]New York ;Oxford University Press,2023.1 online resource (235 pages)Oxford scholarship online.Includes index.Previously issued in print: 2001.0-19-514093-1 0-19-514094-X Includes bibliographical references (p. [201]-210) and index.Contents; Introduction; 1 Literary Antecedents of American Silent Film; 2 Houdini, Keaton, and the Rise of the Body; 3 Hart, Fairbanks, and the Vitalization of Landscape; 4 Griffith, Gish, and the Narrative of the Face; 5 The Birth of the Star System and the Shaping of the Modern Self; 6 The Transition to Sound; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; IndexThis broad cultural study connects the rise of film to the rise of America as a cultural centre and world power in the 20th century. Cohen argues that through film, America asserted its cultural independence and forged a form of cultural oppression.Oxford scholarship online.Silent filmsUnited StatesHistorySilent filmsUnited StatesSocial aspectsPopular cultureAmerican influencesUnited StatesCivilizationSilent filmsHistory.Silent filmsSocial aspects.Popular cultureAmerican influences.791.43/0973Cohen Paula Marantz1953-1649421StDuBDSStDuBDSStDuBDSZStDuBDSZBOOK9910818061403321Silent film and the triumph of the American myth4156067UNINA