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Silent film and the triumph of the American myth
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This broad cultural study connects the rise of film to the rise of America as a cultural centre and world power in the 20th century. Cohen argues that through film, America asserted its cultural in...
This broad cultural study connects the rise of film to the rise of America as a cultural centre and world power in the 20th century. Cohen argues that through film, America asserted its cultural independence and forged a form of cultural oppression.
Details
- Creator
- Paula Marantz Cohen
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- 1st ed
- New York ; Oxford University Press, 2023
- Series
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource (235 pages)
- ISBNs
- 9780197726150, 0197726151, 9781280834974, 1280834978, 9780195343885, 0195343883, 0195140931, 019514094X
- OCLC
- ocn252664670, on1406785458
- Includes index.
- Previously issued in print: 2001.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [201]-210) and index.
- English
- Contents; Introduction; 1 Literary Antecedents of American Silent Film; 2 Houdini, Keaton, and the Rise of the Body; 3 Hart, Fairbanks, and the Vitalization of Landscape; 4 Griffith, Gish, and the Narrative of the Face; 5 The Birth of the Star System and the Shaping of the Modern Self; 6 The Transition to Sound; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Index