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Flying down to Rio : Hollywood, tourists, and Yankee Clippers /
"In this book, author Rosalie Schwartz uses the 1933 RKO-Radio Pictures production Flying Down to Rio as a point of departure from which to examine the interplay of technology and popular culture that shaped a distinctive twentieth-century sensibility. The musical comedy connected airplanes, mo...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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College Station :
Texas A & M University Press,
©2004.
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| Edición: | 1st ed. |
| Colección: | Centennial of flight series ;
no. 10. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "In this book, author Rosalie Schwartz uses the 1933 RKO-Radio Pictures production Flying Down to Rio as a point of departure from which to examine the interplay of technology and popular culture that shaped a distinctive twentieth-century sensibility. The musical comedy connected airplanes, movies, and tourism, ending spectacularly with chorus girls dancing on the wings of airplanes high above Rio de Janeiro, Brazil." "Flying Down to Rio: Hollywood, Tourists, and Yankee Clippers shows the close connection between commerce, aviation, film, and empire. By the end of the twentieth century, reality caught up with and surpassed imagination. Aviation, movies, and mass tourism had become powerful global industries, contributing to an internationally connected, entertainment-oriented culture. What was once unthinkable had now become expected."--Jacket |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (386 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 357-373) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781603446341 1603446346 1299052657 9781299052659 |