Going to the Movies - Hollywood and the Social Experience of Cinema

Informationen zum Autor Richard Maltby is professor of screen studies at Flinders University, South Australia and series editor for Exeter Studies in Film History . Melvyn Stokes teaches at University College, London. Robert C. Allen is professor of American studies, history, and communications at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Klappentext This book analyses the diverse historical and geographical circumstances in which audiences have viewed American cinema. It looks at cinema audiences ranging from Manhattan nickelodeons to the modern suburban megaplex, and from provincial, small-town or rural America to the shanty towns of South Africa. Zusammenfassung This book analyses the diverse historical and geographical circumstances in which audiences have viewed American cinema. It looks at cinema audiences ranging from Manhattan nickelodeons to the modern suburban megaplex! and from provincial! small-town or rural America to the shanty towns of South Africa.

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• Authors: Robert C. Allen, Prof. Richard (Matthew Flinders Distinguis Maltby, Richard Maltby, Richard (Matthew Flinders Distinguished Em Maltby, Richard Stokes Maltby, MALTBY RICHARD STOKES MELVYN ALL, Melvyn Stokes
• Assisted by: Professor Robert C. Allen (Editor), Robert C. Allen (Editor), Richard Maltby (Editor), Richard (Matthew Flinders Distinguished Emeritus Professor of Screen Studies Maltby (Editor), Dr Melvyn Stokes (Editor), Melvyn Stokes (Editor)
• Publisher: University Of Exeter Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.12.2007
• EAN: 9780859898126
• ISBN: 978-0-85989-812-6
• No. of pages: 496
• Series: Exeter Studies in Film History; Exeter Studies in Film History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Society