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Policing Cinema - Movies and Censorship in Early-Twentieth-Century America (Paperback, Illustrated Ed)
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White slave films, dramas documenting sex scandals, filmed prize
fights featuring the controversial African-American boxer Jack
Johnson, D.W. Griffith's "The Birth of a Nation"--all became
objects of public concern after 1906, when the proliferation of
nickelodeons brought moving pictures to a broad mass public. Lee
Grieveson draws on extensive original research to examine the
controversies over these films and over cinema more generally. He
situates these contestations in the context of regulatory concerns
about populations and governance in an early-twentieth-century
America grappling with the powerful forces of modernity, in
particular, immigration, class formation and conflict, and changing
gender roles.
Tracing the discourses and practices of cultural and political
elites and the responses of the nascent film industry, Grieveson
reveals how these interactions had profound effects on the shaping
of film content, form, and, more fundamentally, the proposed social
function of cinema: how cinema should function in society, the uses
to which it might be put, and thus what it could or would be.
"Policing Cinema" develops new perspectives for the understanding
of censorship and regulation and the complex relations between
governance and culture. In this work, Grieveson offers a compelling
analysis of the forces that shaped American cinema and its role in
society.
General
Imprint: |
University of California Press
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
May 2004 |
First published: |
May 2004 |
Authors: |
Lee Grieveson
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Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 23mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
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Pages: |
361 |
Edition: |
Illustrated Ed |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-520-23966-1 |
Categories: |
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LSN: |
0-520-23966-0 |
Barcode: |
9780520239661 |
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