Interpreting Films: Studies in the Historical Reception of American Cinema by Janet Staiger

Interpreting Films: Studies in the Historical Reception of American Cinema

Janet Staiger

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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, criti...

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