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Only Entertainment

By Richard Dyer

Book information

Year
2002
ISBN
0415254973, 9780415254977, 9780203993941
LCC
PN1590.S6 D94 2002
Open Library ID
OL3956366M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
3 MB (3236488 bytes)
Edition
2
Pages
192\198
Scanned
yes
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

Only Entertainment explores entertainment as entertainment, asking how and whether an emphasis on the primacy of pleasure sets it apart from other forms of art.L Richard Dyer focuses on the genres most associated with entertainment, from musicals to action movies, disco to porn. He examines the nature of entertainment in movies such as The Sound of Music and Speed, and argues that entertainment is part of a 'common sense' which is always historically and culturally constructed.L This new edition of Only Entertainment features a revised introduction and five new chapters on topics from serial killer movies to Elizabeth Taylor. In the final chapter Dyer asks whether entertainment as we know it is on the wane.

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