How the movies got a past : a historiography of American cinema, 1894-1930 /

"This book presents a comprehensive survey of the rise of historiographical discourse on cinema in North America as it is reflected in publications, exhibitions, lectures and films about film as a technology, art and form of amusement, from its inception up to 1930. This first historiography of...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Latsis, Dimitrios (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2023]
Subjects:	Motion pictures > United States > History > 20th century. Motion pictures > United States > Historiography. Cinéma > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle. Cinéma > États-Unis > Historiographie. Film & Video. PERFORMING ARTS. History & Criticism. Entertainment & Performing Arts) Motion pictures Motion pictures > Historiography United States Films, cinema. Performing Arts. 1900-1999 Electronic books. History
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Table of Contents:

Introduction : the evolving practice of film historiography
A vivisection : writing the history of an emergent medium
The first canonical histories : Ramsaye, Rotha and beyond
Finding its voice? Sound and the (re)-writing of film history
Through a glass darkly : early nonfiction films about the history of cinema
Programming the classics : revivals, the little theater movement and the emergence of a canon
The future-past of moving images : towards a pre-history of film archiving
Exhibitions and museums : the past of cinema on display
Invented traditions : commemorations and anniversaries
Learning and earning : film history enters the university curriculum.