Menus for Movieland: Newspapers and the Emergence of American Film Culture, 1913-1916
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At the turn of the past century, the main function of a newspaper was to offer "menus" by which readers could make sense of modern life and imagine how to order their daily lives. Among those menus in the mid-1910s were several that mediated the interests of movie manufacturers, distributors, exhibitors, and the rapidly expanding audience of fans. This writing about the movies arguably played a crucial role in the emergence of American popular film...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0520286782
ISBN13:9780520286788
Release Date:September 2015
Publisher:University of California Press
Length:424 Pages
Weight:1.30 lbs.
Dimensions:1.1" x 5.9" x 8.9"
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