Title: Babel and Babylon
Description: Offers a perspective on American film by tying the growth of spectatorship to the historical transformation of the public sphere. Focusing on silent films, this text examines how the spectator concept evolved, integrating ethnically, socially and sexually differentiated audiences.
Subjects: Feminism and motion pictures, History, History and criticism, Motion picture audiences, Silent films, Social life and customs, Motion pictures, united states
Places: United States
Time periods: 1865-1918