Silent Film Comedy and American Culture
This absorbing study of early 20th Century American Culture interprets the anarchic absurdity of slapstick movies as a form of collective anxiety dream, their fantastical images and illogical gags expressing the unconscious wishes and fears of the modern age, in a way that foreshadows the concerns of our own celebrity-obsessed consumer culture.
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Silent Film Comedy and American Culture
This absorbing study of early 20th Century American Culture interprets the anarchic absurdity of slapstick movies as a form of collective anxiety dream, their fantastical images and illogical gags expressing the unconscious wishes and fears of the modern age, in a way that foreshadows the concerns of our own celebrity-obsessed consumer culture.
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Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9781137020246 |
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Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan UK |
Publication date: | 05/14/2013 |
Edition description: | 2013 |
Pages: | 244 |
Product dimensions: | 5.70(w) x 8.60(h) x 0.90(d) |
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