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Autore: | Cohen Paula Marantz <1953-> |
Titolo: | Silent film & the triumph of the American myth / / Paula Marantz Cohen |
Pubblicazione: | Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2001 |
Edizione: | 1st ed. |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (235 pages) |
Disciplina: | 791.43/0973 |
Soggetto topico: | Silent films - United States - History and criticism |
Motion pictures - United States - History and criticism | |
Note generali: | Includes index. |
Previously issued in print: 2001. | |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [201]-210) and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | 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; Index |
Sommario/riassunto: | This 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. |
Altri titoli varianti: | Silent film and the triumph of the American myth |
Titolo autorizzato: | Silent film & the triumph of the American myth |
ISBN: | 0-19-772615-1 |
1-280-83497-8 | |
0-19-534388-3 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910818061403321 |
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