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Informationen zum Autor Steven J. Ross is Professor of History at the University of Southern California. He is co-director of the Los Angeles Institute for the Humanities and author of Workers On the Edge: Work, Leisure, and Politics in Industrializing Cincinnati, 1788-1890 (1985), Working-Class Hollywood: Silent Film and the Shaping of Class in America (1998), and Hollywood Left and Right: How Movie Stars Shaped American Politics (2011). Ross is the recipient of the Theater Library Association Book Award and a Film Scholars Award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Klappentext Movies are more than just an evening's entertainment. As historical documents, they reflect how Americans see and think about their world. Movies and American Society is a comprehensive collection of thirteen essays and supporting primary documents that explore how films have changed--and been changed by--American society from 1905 to the present.Each chapter contains an introduction by the editor, an essay that explores how movies made during a specific period dealt with problems of the time, discussion questions, primary documents, and suggestions for further reading and film screenings. The second edition includes a new chapter on "American Film in the Age of Terror," as well as new essays for the chapters on "Race, Violence, and Film" and "Hollywood Goes Global" and fully updated "Readings and Screenings" sections. The book provides sustained discussion and insight into each period while examining a broad range of topics, from ideology, politics, and gender to class, war, and race relations. The jargon-free essays are engaging and accessible for students and the documents explore not only social practices and controversies but also the fun and cultural influence of movies and movie-going.Bringing together the best scholarship and many never-before-collected documents, this is an essential resource for those wishing to understand the social and cultural impact of film on 20th- and 21st-century American life. Zusammenfassung This collection of thirteen essays and supporting primary documents explores how films have changed and been changed by American society. Each chapter covers a distinct period and contains an introduction, essay, discussion questions, primary documents, and suggestions for further reading and film screenings. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface ixPreface to the First Edition xSource Acknowledgments xiiiIntroduction: Why Movies Matter 11 Going to the Movies: Early Audiences 14Introduction to Article 14"The Celluloid Stage: Nickelodeon Audiences" by Richard Butsch 15Documents 32Introduction to Documents 32"The Nickel Madness" by Barton W. Carrie 32Report of Censorship of Motion Pictures and of Investigation of Motion Picture Theatres of Cleveland by Robert O. Bartholomew 38"House Fly Panics Pittsburgh Movie Audience" 40Readings and Screenings 412 Heroes and Heroines of Their Own Entertainment: Progressive-Era Cinema 43Introduction to Article 43"Front Page Movies" by Kay Sloan 44Documents 58Introduction to Documents 58"The Social Uses of the Moving Picture" by W. Stephen Bush 59"Los Angeles Socialist Movie Theater" 62Readings and Screenings 643 The Rise of Hollywood: Movies, Ideology, and Audiences in the Roaring Twenties 66Introduction to Article 66"Fantasy and Politics: Moviegoing and Movies in the 1920s" by Steven J. Ross 67Documents 91Introduction to Documents 91"The Deluxe Picture Palace" by Lloyd Lewis 92"Petting at the Movies" by E. J. Mitchell 94"The Actor's Part" by Milton Sills 95Readings and Screenings 984 Who Controls What We See? Censorship and the Attack on Hollywood "Immorality" 100Introduction to Article 100"Hollywood Censored: The Production Code Administration and the Hollywood Film Industry, 1930-1940"by Gregory D. Black 101Documents 123Introduction to Documents 123Quotes from Censorship...
