Reframing Culture : The Case of the Vitagraph Quality Films /

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The works of Shakespeare and Dante or the figures of George Washington and Moses do not often enter into popular conceptions of the silent cinema, yet, between 1907 and 1910, the Vitagraph Company frequently used such material in producing "quality" films that promulgated "respectable...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Uricchio, William
Otros Autores: Pearson, Roberta E.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 1993.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Vitagraph Company of America.
Motion pictures > Social aspects.
Culture in motion pictures.
PSYCHOLOGY > Social Psychology.
Cinema > Aspect social > États-Unis.
Culture au cinema.
Motion pictures > Social aspects > United States.
United States.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Illustrations
  • Acknowledgments
  • INTRODUCTION
  • CHAPTER ONE. Responses to Cultural Crisis: Political Domination and Hegemony
  • CHAPTER TWO. The Film Industry's Drive for Respectability
  • CHAPTER THREE. Literary Qualities: Shakespeare and Dante
  • CHAPTER FOUR. Historical Qualities: Washington and Napoleon
  • CHAPTER FIVE. Biblical Qualities: Moses
  • Conclusion
  • APPENDIX. Vitagraph's Description of the Washington and Napoleon Films
  • Notes
  • Index.

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