Cinema and community [electronic resource] : progressivism, exhibition, and film culture in Chicago, 1907-1917 / Moya Luckett.
Material type: TextSeries: Contemporary approaches to film and media series | UPCC book collections on Project MUSEPublication details: Detroit : Wayne State University Press, 2013. 2015)Description: 1 online resource (pages cm.)ISBN:- 9780814337264
- 791.43/6581 23
- PN1995.9.P755 L83 2013
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: Progressivism, modernity, and transitional cinema -- From crowds to communities: Progressive Era spectatorship theories -- Progressivism and early feature films: textuality, oversight, uplift -- Celebrity, self-awareness, and the consciousness of self -- Private pleasures and public space: community culture and the dominance of neighborhood theaters -- Oversight and regulation: film censorship, local government, and social reform -- Citizenship and black cinema -- Patriotism and patronage: regional and national identity in Chicago's theaters during World War I -- Conclusion.
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