Picturing American modernity : traffic, technology, and the silent cinema / Kristen Whissel.
Material type: TextPublication details: Durham : Duke University Press, 2008.Description: xi, 272 p. : illISBN:- 9780822341857 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 9780822342014 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 791.4365 WHI
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Book | Institute of English SAP Collection | Institute of English | 791.4365 WHI (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | ENGDRS1346 |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [253]-262) and index.
The early cinema encounters empire: war actualities, American modernity, and military masculinity -- Placing audiences on the scene of history: modern warfare and the battle reenactment at the turn of the century -- Electric modernity and the cinema at the pan-American exposition: the city of living light -- Regulating mobility: traffic, technology and feature-length narrativity.
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