Interpreting films : studies in the historical reception of American cinema /

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....

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Staiger, Janet
Format: Licensed eBooks
Language:English
Published: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press c1992.
Online Access:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctv131bwdc