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Menus for Movieland: Newspapers and the Emergence of American Film Culture, 1913–1916
Richard Abel
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Description for Menus for Movieland: Newspapers and the Emergence of American Film Culture, 1913–1916
Paperback. Based on extensive original research, this book substantially revises what moviegoing meant in the transition to what we now think of as Hollywood. Num Pages: 424 pages, 76 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJC; APFA; JFCA; JFD; JFSJ1; KNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 27. Weight in Grams: 600.
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 culture, negotiating among national, regional, and local interests to shape fans' ephemeral experience of moviegoing, their repeated encounters with the fantasy worlds of "movieland," and ... Read more
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 culture, negotiating among national, regional, and local interests to shape fans' ephemeral experience of moviegoing, their repeated encounters with the fantasy worlds of "movieland," and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of California Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
424
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520286788
SKU
V9780520286788
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About Richard Abel
Richard Abel is Emeritus Professor of International Cinema and Media Studies at the University of Michigan. He is the author of The Red Rooster Scare: Making Cinema American, 1900--1910,Encyclopedia of Early Cinema, Americanizing the Movies and "Movie-Mad" Audiences, 1910--1914, and Early Cinema, among other books.
Reviews for Menus for Movieland: Newspapers and the Emergence of American Film Culture, 1913–1916
"Fascinating and original."
Martin Rubin Washington Times "Abel offers a richly textured view of early film stardom, early film criticism, advertising campaigns, and even fan activities on both the local and national level...this fascinating book is a fascinating read." Huffington Post
Martin Rubin Washington Times "Abel offers a richly textured view of early film stardom, early film criticism, advertising campaigns, and even fan activities on both the local and national level...this fascinating book is a fascinating read." Huffington Post