Videoland : Movie Culture at the American Video Store /

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Videoland offers a comprehensive view of the ""tangible phase"" of consumer video, when Americans largely accessed movies as material commodities at video rental stores. Video stores served as a vital locus of movie culture from the early 1980s until the early 2000s, changing the...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Herbert, Daniel, 1974- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, [2014]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Videothek
Sozialer Wandel
Technischer Fortschritt
Video
Stores, Retail > Social aspects.
Motion pictures > Social aspects.
Civilization.
PERFORMING ARTS > Film & Video > General.
PSYCHOLOGY > Social Psychology.
Magasins > Aspect social > États-Unis.
Cinema > Aspect social > États-Unis.
Video > Industrie > Aspect social > États-Unis.
Videos > Location > Aspect social > États-Unis.
Stores, Retail > Social aspects > United States.
Motion pictures > Social aspects > United States.
Video recordings industry > Social aspects > United States.
Video rental services > Social aspects > United States.
USA
United States.
États-Unis > Civilisation > 1970-
United States > Civilization > 1970-
Electronic book.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Video Rental and the ""Shopping"" of Media; PART I. THE HISTORY AND CULTURE OF VIDEO RENTAL; 1. A Long Tale; 2. Practical Classifications; PART II. VIDEO STORES AND THE LOCALIZATION OF MOVIE CULTURE; 3. Video Capitals; 4. Video Rental in Small-Town America; PART III. CIRCULATIONS OF VIDEO STORE CULTURE; 5. Distributing Value; 6. Mediating Choice: Criticism, Advice, Metadata; Coda: The Value of the Tangible; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U.
  • VW; Z.

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