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Babel and Babylon : spectatorship in American silent film / Miriam Hansen.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Hansen, Miriam, 1949-2011.
Contributor:
EBSCOhost.
Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Silent films--United States--History and criticism.
Silent films.
Motion picture audiences.
History.
United States.
Motion picture audiences--United States--History.
United States--Social life and customs--1865-1918.
Manners and customs.
Feminism and motion pictures.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (x, 377 pages) : illustrations
Place of Publication:
Cambridge, Mass. ; London : Harvard University Press, 1991.
System Details:
text file
Summary:
In this book, the author approaches the question of spectatorship from the perspective of the public sphere, as a critical concept that is itself a category of historical transformation.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index (pages 367-377).
Electronic reproduction. Ipswich, MA Available via World Wide Web.
Description based on print version record.
Local Notes:
Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.
Other Format:
Online version: Hansen, Miriam, 1949- Babel and Babylon.
ISBN:
9780674038295
0674038290
Publisher Number:
99967672596
Access Restriction:
Restricted for use by site license.

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