The Place of the Audience: Cultural Geographies of Film ConsumptionIt has been a recurring complaint both within and against film studies that it has largely ignored the activities of audiences. This book aims to address this absence (as compared to television studies) and to explain its cause. The authors argue that there is a social context in which the consumption of film can be understood or studied historically; demonstrating that a concentration on the place of film consumption within the changing cultural politics of the city can offer a compelling and productive focus of analysis. This book examines not only the different meanings of different sites of film exhibition and distribution (city-centre cinemas, local cinemas, art-house cinemas, multiplexes, terrestrial television transmission, video rental and retail, and satellite/cable), but also the meanings of the activities of film consumption associated with these sites. Through use of archival materials and ethnographic studies of the audience, the book examines the meanings of film consumption from the earliest film showings up to the 21st century. |
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... Cinematographic Act and its impact on Nottingham . In the process , it looks at the ways in which it was used to not only control audiences within the places of film consumption , but also produced a new place of film consumption : the ...
... Cinematographic Act and its impact on Nottingham . In the process , it looks at the ways in which it was used to not only control audiences within the places of film consumption , but also produced a new place of film consumption : the ...
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... Cinematographic Theatre : Purpose - Built Cinemas , Community Relations and the Politics of Place In January 1910 , the Cinematographic Act became law , and it fundamentally changed the experience of cinemagoing . The Act was supposed ...
... Cinematographic Theatre : Purpose - Built Cinemas , Community Relations and the Politics of Place In January 1910 , the Cinematographic Act became law , and it fundamentally changed the experience of cinemagoing . The Act was supposed ...
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... cinematographic theatres grew up at the intersection of traffic lines in the city centre and alongside theatres and shops and other places of entertainment and leisure . However , there were also concerted efforts by local busi- nesses ...
... cinematographic theatres grew up at the intersection of traffic lines in the city centre and alongside theatres and shops and other places of entertainment and leisure . However , there were also concerted efforts by local busi- nesses ...
Contents
Contexts of Film Consumption | 16 |
Class Gender and Public Space in Early Film Consumption | 37 |
Slum Clearance Cinema Building and Differentiated Experiences | 83 |
Copyright | |
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