Menus for movieland : newspapers and the emergence of American film culture / Richard Abel.

By:

Abel, Richard, 1941- [Author]

Material type: Text

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9780520961883

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LOC classification:

PN1993 .M468 2015

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Contents:

"Newspapers make picture-goers" -- "In movie land, with the film stars" -- "Film girls" and their fans in front of the screen -- Edna Vercoe's "romance with the movies".

Subject: "At the turn of the last century, the main function of a newspaper was to offer 'menus' by which readers could make sense of modern life and imagine how to order their own daily lives. Among those menus in the mid-1910s were several that mediated the interests of movie manufacturers, distributors, exhibitors, and the rapidly expanding audience of fans. This writing about the movies arguably played a crucial role in the emergence of American popular film culture. Negotiating among national, regional, and local interests, it shaped fans' ephemeral experience of moviegoing, their repeated encounters with the fantasy worlds of 'movie land,' and their attractions to certain stories and stars. Moreover, in weekend pages and daily columns and film reviews, much of this was served up by women and consumed by women, including at least one teenager compiling a rare surviving scrapbook"--Provided by publisher.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	URL	Status	Date due	Barcode
Online Book (LOGIN USING YOUR MY CIU LOGIN AND PASSWORD)	G. Allen Fleece Library ONLINE	Non-fiction	PN1993.5.6 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Link to resource	Available		ocn914230658

Includes bibliographies and index.

The industry goes to town (and country) -- "Newspapers make picture-goers" -- "In movie land, with the film stars" -- "Film girls" and their fans in front of the screen -- Edna Vercoe's "romance with the movies".

"At the turn of the last century, the main function of a newspaper was to offer 'menus' by which readers could make sense of modern life and imagine how to order their own daily lives. Among those menus in the mid-1910s were several that mediated the interests of movie manufacturers, distributors, exhibitors, and the rapidly expanding audience of fans. This writing about the movies arguably played a crucial role in the emergence of American popular film culture. Negotiating among national, regional, and local interests, it shaped fans' ephemeral experience of moviegoing, their repeated encounters with the fantasy worlds of 'movie land,' and their attractions to certain stories and stars. Moreover, in weekend pages and daily columns and film reviews, much of this was served up by women and consumed by women, including at least one teenager compiling a rare surviving scrapbook"--Provided by publisher.

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