Interpreting Films: Studies in the Historical Reception of American Cinema

by Janet Staiger

Book Overview

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... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691006164
• ISBN13: 9780691006161
• Release Date: March 1992
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 290 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"