| Going to the Movies: Hollywood and the Social Experience of Cinema Contributor(s): Maltby, Richard Prof (Editor), Stokes, Melvyn (Editor), Allen, Robert C. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0859898113 ISBN-13: 9780859898119 Publisher: University of Exeter Press OUR PRICE: $114.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 2007 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Performing Arts | Film - History & Criticism - Social Science | Popular Culture - Social Science | Media Studies |
| Dewey: 302.234 |
| Series: Exeter Studies in Film History |
| Physical Information: 1.25" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (2.07 lbs) 512 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. Going to the Movies studies the social and cultural history of movie audiences. Ranging broadly across historical time and geographical place, it analyses the role of movie theatres in local communities, the links between film and other entertainment media, non-theatrical exhibition and trends arising from the globalisation of audiences. There is an emphasis on movie-going outside the American North-East, and several chapters analyse the complexities of race and race formation in relation to cinema attendance |