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Cinema and the Invention of Modern Life
Schwartz
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Paperback. Casting aside the traditional conception of film as an outgrowth of photography, theatre, and the novel, the essays in this volume reasses the relationship between the emergence of film and the broader culture of modernity. Editor(s): Charney, Leo; Schwartz, Vanessa R. Num Pages: 409 pages, 50 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: APFA; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 586. 409 pages, 50 b&w photographs. Editor(s): Charney, Leo; Schwartz, Vanessa R. Casting aside the traditional conception of film as an outgrowth of photography, theatre, and the novel, the essays in this volume reasses the relationship between the emergence of film and the broader culture of modernity. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: APFA; JFC; JHM. Dimension: 227 x 156 x 24. Weight: 560.
Casting aside the traditional conception of film as an outgrowth of photography, theater, and the novel, the essays in this volume reassess the relationship between the emergence of film and the broader culture of modernity. Contributors, leading scholars in film and cultural studies, link the popularity of cinema in the late nineteenth century to emerging cultural phenomena such as window shopping, mail-order catalogs, and wax museums.
Casting aside the traditional conception of film as an outgrowth of photography, theater, and the novel, the essays in this volume reassess the relationship between the emergence of film and the broader culture of modernity. Contributors, leading scholars in film and cultural studies, link the popularity of cinema in the late nineteenth century to emerging cultural phenomena such as window shopping, mail-order catalogs, and wax museums.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
409
Condition
New
Number of Pages
409
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520201125
SKU
V9780520201125
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About Schwartz
Leo Charney is a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Iowa and Vanessa R. Schwartz is Assistant Professor of History at The American University in Washington, D.C.
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