Going to the movies: Hollywood and the social experience of cinema
Allen, Robert Clyde, Maltby, Richard, Stokes, Melvyn
This book analyses the diverse historical and geographical circumstances in which audiences have viewed American cinema. It looks at cinema audiences ranging from Manhattan nickelodeons to the modern suburban megaplex, and from provincial, small-town or rural America to the shanty towns of South Africa.;Front Cover; Half Title; Exeter Studies in Film History; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations; Notes on Contributors; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part I: Studies of Local Cinema Exhibition; Chapter 1: Race, Region, and Rusticity: Relocating U.S. Film History; Chapter 2: Tri-racial Theaters in Robeson County, North Carolina,1896-1940; Chapter 3: The White in the Race Movie Audience; Chapter 4: Sundays in Norfolk: Toward a Protestant Utopia Through Film Exhibition in Norfolk, Virginia, 1910-1920; Chapter 5: Patchwork Maps of Moviegoing, 1911-1913.
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Year:
2015
Edition:
1st
Publisher:
University of Exeter Press
Language:
english
ISBN 10:
0859899160
ISBN 13:
9780859899161
Series:
Exeter Studies in Film History
File:
PDF, 9.05 MB
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english, 2015