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008			150721s2015 caua ob 001 0 eng d
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050	0	4	_aPN1993 _b.M468 2015
049			_aMAIN
100	1		_aAbel, Richard, _d1941- _e1
245	1	0	_aMenus for movieland : _bnewspapers and the emergence of American film culture / _cRichard Abel.
260			_aOakland, California : _bUniversity of California Press, _c(c)2015.
300			_a1 online resource : _billustrations
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
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505	0	0	_aThe industry goes to town (and country) -- _t"Newspapers make picture-goers" -- _t"In movie land, with the film stars" -- _t"Film girls" and their fans in front of the screen -- _tEdna Vercoe's "romance with the movies".
520	0		_a"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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650		0	_aMotion pictures _xPress coverage _zUnited States _xHistory _y20th century.
650		0	_aNewspapers _xSocial aspects _zUnited States.
650		0	_aMotion pictures _zUnited States _xMarketing.
650		0	_aMotion pictures _zUnited States _xHistory _y20th century.
655		1	_aElectronic Books.
856	4	0	_uhttps://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=1030318&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518 _zClick to access digital title | log in using your CIU ID number and my.ciu.edu password
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902			_a1 _bCynthia Snell _c1 _dCynthia Snell