Description |
1 online resource (xvii, 373 pages) |
Contents |
American variety and/or foreign features : the throes of film distribution -- The "usable past" of westerns I -- The "usable past" of westerns II -- The "usable past" of Civil War films, during the "Golden Jubilee" -- The "usable present" of thrillers, from the jungle to the city -- "The power of personality in pictures": movie stars and "matinee girls." |
Summary |
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 1910s. 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. 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 |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
Print version record |
Subject |
Motion pictures -- United States -- History
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Motion pictures -- Social aspects -- United States
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Nationalism -- United States
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PERFORMING ARTS -- Film & Video -- General.
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Motion pictures
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Motion pictures -- Social aspects
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Nationalism
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United States
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Genre/Form |
History
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Form |
Electronic book
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LC no. |
2021696924 |
ISBN |
9780520939523 |
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0520939522 |
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1282358391 |
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9781282358393 |
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