{"product_id":"american-cinema-1890-1909-themes-and-variations-paperback-softback-9780813544434","title":"American Cinema 1890-1909; Themes and Variations (Paperback \/ softback) 9780813544434","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eAmerican Cinema 1890-1909\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThemes and Variations\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eAndre Gaudreault (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780813544434\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 13 January 2009\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e288 pages, 33\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 15.6 x 1.5 cm, 0.482 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\"This impressive volume—all of it immensely readable, fascinating, and coherent—leads one to appreciate the breadth and scope of global cinema. Gaudreault and his talented contributors provided a fresh, lively, informative, engaging chronological survey of the first decades of American film. Highly recommended.\"\u003c\/div\u003e— CHOICE\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"There is nothing like this series. Screen Decades firmly situates American cinema in the realms of material culture, popular culture, cultural narrative, reception analysis, and industrial history.\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e— American Quarterly\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eAt the turn of the twentieth century, cinema was quickly establishing itself as a legitimate form of popular entertainment. \u003cp\u003eThe essays in \u003ci\u003eAmerican Cinema 1890-1909\u003c\/i\u003e explore and define how the making of motion pictures flowered into an industry that would finally become the central entertainment institution of the world. Beginning with all the early types of pictures that moved, this volume tells the story of the invention and consolidation of the various processes that gave rise to what we now call \"cinema.\" By examining the battles over patents, production, exhibition, and the reception of film, readers learn how going to the movies became a social tradition in American society.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eIn the course of these two decades, cinema succeeded both in establishing itself among other entertainment and instructional media and in updating various forms of spectacle.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAmerican cinema emerges (1890-1909) \/ Andre Gaudreault, Tom Gunning\u003cbr\u003e  1890-1895: movies and the kinetoscope \/ Paul C. Spehr\u003cbr\u003e  1896-1897: movies and the beginnings of cinema \/ Charles Musser\u003cbr\u003e  1898-1899: movies and entrepreneurs \/ Patrick Loughney\u003cbr\u003e  1900-1901: movies, new imperialism, and the new century \/ Jean-Pierre Sirois-Trahan\u003cbr\u003e  1902-1903: movies, stories, and attractions \/ Tom Gunning\u003cbr\u003e  1904-1905: movies and chasing the missing link(s) \/ Andre Gaudreault\u003cbr\u003e  1906: movies and spectacle \/ Lauren Rabinovitz\u003cbr\u003e  1907: movies and the expansion of the audience \/ Eileen Bowser\u003cbr\u003e  1908: movies and other media \/ Matthew Solomon\u003cbr\u003e  1909: movies and progress \/ Jennifer M. Bean\u003cbr\u003e  Sources for films\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Rutgers University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52559291023640,"sku":"9780813544434","price":24.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/american-cinema-1890-1909-themes-and-variations-paperback-softback-9780813544434","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}