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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Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Uricchio, William
Autres auteurs: Pearson, Roberta E.
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©1993.
Sujets:
Vitagraph Company of America.
Vitagraph Company of America
Culture in motion pictures.
Motion pictures > Social aspects > United States.
Culture au cinéma.
Cinéma > Aspect social > États-Unis.
PSYCHOLOGY > Social Psychology.
Culture in motion pictures
Motion pictures > Social aspects
United States
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Table des matières:
  • 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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