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Interpreting Films Studies in the Historical Reception of American Cinema

Paperback • 1992 • English

Interpreting Films Studies in the Historical Reception of American Cinema

By Janet Staiger

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About the book

Employing a wide range of examples from Uncle Tom's Cabin and Birth of a Nation to Zelig and Personal Best, Janet Staiger argues that a historical examination of spectators' responses to films can make a valuable contribution to the history, criticism, and philosophy of cultural products. She maintains that as artifacts, films do not contain immanent meanings, that differences among interpretations have historical bases, and that these variations are due to social, political, and economic condit...Show more

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9780691006161

Publisher

Princeton University Press

Published year

1992

Language

English

Original title

Interpreting Films Studies in the Historical Reception of American Cinema

Format

Paperback

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