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Silent films and the triumph of the American myth / Paula Marantz Cohen.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cohen, Paula Marantz, author.
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Silent films--United States--History.
- Silent films.
- Silent films--United States--Social aspects.
- Popular culture--American influences.
- Popular culture.
- United States--Civilization.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (235 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York ; Oxford University Press, 2023.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This broad cultural study connects the rise of film to the rise of America as a cultural centre and world power in the 20th century. Cohen argues that through film, America asserted its cultural independence and forged a form of cultural oppression.
- Contents:
- Contents; Introduction; 1 Literary Antecedents of American Silent Film; 2 Houdini, Keaton, and the Rise of the Body; 3 Hart, Fairbanks, and the Vitalization of Landscape; 4 Griffith, Gish, and the Narrative of the Face; 5 The Birth of the Star System and the Shaping of the Modern Self; 6 The Transition to Sound; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Previously issued in print: 2001.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [201]-210) and index.
- Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-772615-1
- 1-280-83497-8
- 0-19-534388-3
- OCLC:
- 252664670
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