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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... simply the watching of films . As Nicholas Hiley has pointed out , audiences in the 1920s and 1930s did not ' treat the cinema simply as a place to see films , but as somewhere to spend time and even to sleep'.35 For other audiences , it ...
... simply the watching of films . As Nicholas Hiley has pointed out , audiences in the 1920s and 1930s did not ' treat the cinema simply as a place to see films , but as somewhere to spend time and even to sleep'.35 For other audiences , it ...
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... simply select from what is on offer rather than actively seek out that which is rare , exclusive and inaccessible . It was similar to the complaint that people go to multiplexes without any idea about what they are going to see . The ...
... simply select from what is on offer rather than actively seek out that which is rare , exclusive and inaccessible . It was similar to the complaint that people go to multiplexes without any idea about what they are going to see . The ...
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... simply seen as identical . As a result , while we have witnessed repeated claims about a privatisation of ' public ' life , ' public ' life has simply failed to disappear . While more leisure has become home centred , people not only ...
... simply seen as identical . As a result , while we have witnessed repeated claims about a privatisation of ' public ' life , ' public ' life has simply failed to disappear . While more leisure has become home centred , people not only ...
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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