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Hokum! : the early sound slapstick short and Depression-era mass culture /

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"Hokum! is the first book to take a comprehensive view of short-subject slapstick comedy in the early sound era. Challenging the received wisdom that sound destroyed the slapstick tradition, author Rob King explores the slapstick short's Depression-era development against a backdrop of cha...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: King, Rob, 1975- (Author)
Corporate Author: JSTOR (Organization)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2017]
Subjects:
Comedy films > History and criticism.
Comedy films > United States > History > 20th century.
Comedy films.
United States.
PERFORMING ARTS / Film & Video / History & Criticism.
1900-1999
Electronic books.
History.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book

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