Policing Cinema : Movies and Censorship in Early-Twentieth-Century America
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White slave films, dramas documenting sex scandals, films of the controversial African American boxer Jack Johnson, The Birth of a Nation--all became objects of public concern after the proliferation of nickelodeons from 1906 had brought moving pictures to a broad mass public. Lee Grieveson draws on extensive original research to examine the controversies over these films and over cinema in general. He situates these contestations in the context of broad regulatory concerns about populations and governance in an early-twentieth-century America grappling with the powerful forces of modernity.
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"This book restores my interest in the study of early cinema because it breaks important new ground and provides fresh and compelling perspectives. Grieveson demonstrates his mastery of this material in a way that is almost unprecedented and completely exemplary."--Charles Musser, author of The Emergence of Cinema: The American Screen to 1907 (History of American Cinema, Vol. 1)
"Policing Cinema is an outstanding piece of scholarship, easily the best book on early motion picture regulation and one whose argument about evolving definitions of cinema in the years leading up to the first World War will have a profound impact on conceptions of Hollywood 'classicism.'"--Shelley Stamp, author of Movie-Struck Girls: Women and Motion Picture Culture After the Nickelodeon
Policing Cinema : Movies and Censorship in Early-Twentieth-Century America
Policing Cinema : Movies and Censorship in Early-Twentieth-Century America,Lee Grieveson,University of California Press,0520239660,Americas (North Central South West Indies),Censorship,Cinema/Film: Book,Film & Video - General,General,History,Motion pictures,Performing Arts,Politics - Current Events,United States,Performing Arts / General
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