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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... supposed incorporation within ' bourgeois ' culture , but the culture associated with these venues is precisely not ... supposedly made on their behalf could also result in the regulation of other social groups , such as women . 29 The ...
... supposed incorporation within ' bourgeois ' culture , but the culture associated with these venues is precisely not ... supposedly made on their behalf could also result in the regulation of other social groups , such as women . 29 The ...
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... supposed to protect audiences from the threat of fire that was posed by the highly flammable nature of most films but , as we shall see , it was also used to control cinemas in a number of other ways . None the less , at the outset ...
... supposed to protect audiences from the threat of fire that was posed by the highly flammable nature of most films but , as we shall see , it was also used to control cinemas in a number of other ways . None the less , at the outset ...
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... supposed to represent . In a report of the opening of the Ritz , for example , special mention is made of ' a singularly happy speech ' that ' referred to the wonderful age in which we live , and mentioned the momentous consequence that ...
... supposed to represent . In a report of the opening of the Ritz , for example , special mention is made of ' a singularly happy speech ' that ' referred to the wonderful age in which we live , and mentioned the momentous consequence that ...
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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