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Melodrama and Modernity Paperback - 2001
by Singer, Ben
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- Title Melodrama and Modernity
- Author Singer, Ben
- Binding Paperback
- Edition First Paperback
- Condition UsedGood
- Pages 256
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Columbia University Press, Irvington, New York, U.S.A.
- Date 2001-04-05
- Bookseller's Inventory # 5D4000008Y99_ns
- ISBN 9780231113298 / 0231113293
- Weight 1.5 lbs (0.68 kg)
- Dimensions 9.9 x 7 x 0.8 in (25.15 x 17.78 x 2.03 cm)
- Reading level 1560
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Themes
- Ethnic Orientation: Hispanic
- Ethnic Orientation: Latino
- Library of Congress subjects Melodrama in motion pictures
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 00064547
- Dewey Decimal Code 791.436
From the rear cover
In this groundbreaking investigation into the nature and meanings of melodrama in American culture between 1880 and 1920, Ben Singer offers a challenging new reevaluation of early American cinema and the era that spawned it. Singer looks back to the sensational or "blood and thunder" melodramas (e.g., The Perils of Pauline, The Hazards of Helen, etc.) and uncovers a fundamentally modern cultural expression, one reflecting spectacular transformations in the sensory environment of the metropolis, in the experience of capitalism, in the popular imagination of gender, and in the exploitation of the thrill in popular amusement. Written with verve and panache, and illustrated with 100 striking photos and drawings, Singer's study provides an invaluable historical and conceptual map both of melodrama as a genre on stage and screen and of modernity as a pivotal idea in social theory.
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Citations
- Choice, 07/01/2001, Page 1969