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Locates the origins of the mass audience and the emergence of everyday moviegoing in the culture of cities.

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Examines how films were censored and edited to promote a conservative political agenda during the 1930s, Hollywood's golden age.

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Explaining the major forces at play behind the making of Hollywood films, this text assesses how changing values have influenced censorship in ... More

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The New Censors reveals the many complex ways movies have been shaped in the years since the demise of the Hays Production Code. The author links a ... More

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The story of the fallen woman was a staple of film melodrama in the late 1920s and 1930s. In traditional plots, a woman commits a sexual ... More

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The New Censors reveals the many complex ways movies have been shaped in the years since the demise of the Hays Production Code. The author links a ... More

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Hollywood censurado analiza cientos de peliculas, desde las comedias de Mae West hasta los dramas serios - pasando por los filmes de critica social - ... More

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Cultural historian Thomas Doherty recounts the untold tale of the man who dictated "final cut" over more movies than anyone in the history of ... More

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To what extent have Hollywood feature films shaped the meanings that Americans attach to alcoholics, their families, and the alcoholic condition? To ... More

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Since the earliest days of the movie industry

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(Limelight). This entertaining and insightful book is the first devoted exclusively to films that push the cinematic envelope with explicit language, ... More

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This book explores the four-year interval between 1930 and 1934, a time when censorship was lax and Hollywood made the most of it. Doherty chronicles ... More

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American Movie Audiences examines the place of Hollywood cinema in the everyday life of its spectators from its beginnings to the arrival of sound. ... More

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"Sex and Violence" examines the history and social dynamics of film censorship in the United States. It examines censorship controversies throughout ... More

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'The book begins with one of the clearest and most interesting introductions to the postmodern terrain I have seen, followed by analysis of ... More

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Investigates the conceptions and misconceptions of politics in America as they are reflected though American film

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