New Perspectives on Early Cinema History - Concepts, Approaches, Audiences

In this book, editors Mario Slugan and Daniel Biltereyst present a theoretical reconceptualization of early cinema. To do so, they highlight the latest methods and tools for analysis, and cast new light on the experience of early cinema through the application of these concepts and methods.The international host of contributors evaluate examples of early cinema across the globe, including (1896), Un homme de tetes (1900), The Terrible Turkish Executioner (1904) and Tom Tom the Piper''s Son (1905). In doing so, they address the periodization of the era, emphasizing the recent boon in the availability of primary materials, the rise of digital technologies, the developments in new cinema history, and the persistence of some conceptualizations as key incentives for rethinking early cinema in theoretical and methodological terms. They go on to highlight cutting-edge approaches to the study of early cinema, including the use of the Mediathread Platform, the formation of new datasets with the help of digital technologies, and exploring the early era in non-western cultures. Finally, the contributors revisit early cinema audiences and exhibition contexts by investigating some of the earliest screenings in Denmark and the US, exploring the details of black cinema going in Harlem, and examining exhibition practices in Germany.>

Product details

• Authors: Daniel Biltereyst, Mario Slugan
• Assisted by: Daniël Biltereyst (Editor), Mario Slugan (Editor)
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 22.02.2024
• EAN: 9781350451452
• ISBN: 978-1-350-45145-2
• No. of pages: 304
• Dimensions: 154 mm x 232 mm x 18 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; 20th Century, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Social and cultural history, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / History & Criticism, Film Theory & Criticism, Film history, theory or criticism