Moviegoing in America: A Sourcebook in the History or Film Exhibition Paperback - 2001
by Gregory A. Waller (Editor)
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Although motion pictures were occasionally projected onto a screen in the United States during 1895, by the Lathams' eidoloscope and C.
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Moviegoing in America catalogs the social and cultural change that has attended America's favorite pastime from the days of the nickelodeon to the dominance of the multiplex. Bringing together an impressive range of historical scholarship, Gregory A. Waller charts the evolution of film exhibition and reception as a function of changing patterns of American community, identity, and consumption.
Pairing notable current research with extensive primary material - drawn from trade accounts, popular magazines, and exhibitor handbooks - Moviegoing in America deepens our understanding of the role of film in everyday life by exploring the movie theater as commercial venue, physical environment, public sphere, community centerpiece, and all-important site where audiences experience the movies and experience themselves as an audience.
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- Title Moviegoing in America: A Sourcebook in the History or Film Exhibition
- Author Gregory A. Waller (Editor)
- Binding Paperback
- Edition First Paperback
- Pages 368
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Wiley-Blackwell, Malden, MA
- Date 2001-12-05
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
- ISBN 9780631225928 / 0631225927
- Weight 1.38 lbs (0.63 kg)
- Dimensions 9.56 x 6.76 x 0.79 in (24.28 x 17.17 x 2.01 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Motion pictures - United States - History, Motion picture theaters - United States -
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2001035004
- Dewey Decimal Code 791.430
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