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Babel and Babylon: Spectatorship in American Silent Film

By Miriam Hansen

Book information

Publisher
Harvard University Press
Year
2009
ISBN
9780674038295
DOI
10.4159/9780674038295
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
23 MB (24550559 bytes)
Pages
390\383
Library
degruyter.com
Time added
2023-08-22 08:38:12

Description

Focusing on exemplary moments in the American silent era, Hansen explains how the concept of the spectator evolved as a crucial part of the classical Hollywood paradigm—as one of the new industry’s strategies to integrate ethnically, socially, and sexually differentiated audiences in a modern culture of consumption.

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