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Only entertainment /
Only Entertainment explores entertainment as entertainment, asking how and whether an emphasis on the primacy of pleasure sets it apart from other forms of art. Dyer focuses on the genres most associated with entertainment, from musicals to action movies, disco to porn. He examines the nature of ent...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Routledge,
2002.
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| Edición: | 2nd ed. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Only Entertainment explores entertainment as entertainment, asking how and whether an emphasis on the primacy of pleasure sets it apart from other forms of art. Dyer focuses on the genres most associated with entertainment, from musicals to action movies, disco to porn. He examines the nature of entertainment in movies such as The Sound of Music and Speed, and argues that entertainment is part of a 'common sense' which is always historically and culturally constructed. This new edition of Only Entertainment features a revised introduction and. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (x, 187 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0203993942 9780203993941 9780415254960 0415254965 9780415254977 0415254973 9786610108640 6610108641 9781134522941 1134522940 9781134522897 1134522894 9781134522934 1134522932 |