Cinema and community
Subtitle: progressivism, exhibition, and film culture in Chicago, 1907-1917
By: Moya Luckett
Series: Contemporary approaches to film and media series
Publisher: Wayne State University Press
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Detroit
Language: eng
Number of pages: 420
ISBN-13: 9780814337257; 9780814337264
Subjects: Progressivism (United States politics) in motion pictures; Motion pictures; History; Motion picture audiences
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-398) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Progressivism, modernity, and transitional cinema; title: From crowds to communities: Progressive Era spectatorship theories; title: Progressivism and early feature films: textuality, oversight, uplift; title: Celebrity, self-awareness, and the consciousness of self; title: Private pleasures and public space: community culture and the dominance of neighborhood theaters; title: Oversight and regulation: film censorship, local government, and social reform; title: Citizenship and black cinema; title: Patriotism and patronage: regional and national identity in Chicago's theaters during World War I; title: Conclusion.