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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 changes i...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: King, Rob, 1975- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, [2017]
Subjects:
Comedy films > History and criticism.
Comedy films > United States > History > 20th century.

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Call Number: PN1995.9.C55 K547 2017
 
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