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Soundies Jukebox Films and the Shift to Small-Screen Culture is the first and only book to position what are called "Soundies" within the broader cultural and technological milieu of the 1940s. From 1940 to 1946, these musical films circulated in everyday venues, including bars, bowling al...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Kelley, Andrea (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, [2018]
Series:Techniques of the moving image.
Subjects:
Soundies (Motion pictures) > History and criticism.
PERFORMING ARTS > General.
Soundies (Motion pictures)
Soundies, jukebox, film, Panoram, Hollywood, technology, media.
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Introduction: Soundles Jukebox Films
  • Part I. Small- Screen Encounters and Spatial Practices
  • 1. The Look- Listening Machine: The Panoram Jukebox and New Screen Practices
  • 2. The Sites of Soundles: The Dynamics of Space and Screen
  • 3. Mobilizing Space: The Panoram Goes to War
  • Part II. Short Forms and Enduring Formations
  • 4. Up Close and Personal: The Shifting Aesthetics of the Jukebox Short
  • 5. "A Swing Half Breed": Soundles' Hybrid Identities and Raced Attractions
  • 6. Postwar Screens: Soundles on Television and the Rehash of the Film Jukebox
  • Conclusion: Short and Sweet: Rescaling Screen Culture
  • Acknowledgments
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • About the Author

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