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Fist Edition |
| Description |
1 online resource (274 pages) |
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text txt rdacontent |
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computer c rdamedia |
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online resource cr rdacarrier |
| Series |
Film Culture in Transition |
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Film culture in transition.
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| Summary |
This study traces the evolution of early film societies in Germany and Austria, from the emergence of mass movie theaters in the 1910s to the turbulent years of the late Weimar Republic. Examining a diverse array of groups, it approaches film societies as formations designed to assimilate and influence a new medium: a project emerging from the world of amateur science before taking new directions into industry, art and politics. Through an interdisciplinary approach-in dialogue with social history, print history and media archaeology-it also transforms our theoretical understanding of what a film society was and how it operated. Far from representing a mere collection of pre-formed cinephiles, film societies were, according to the book's central argument, <cite>productive</cite> social formations, which taught people how to nurture their passion for the movies, how to engage with cinema, and how to interact with each other. Ultimately, the study argues that examining film societies can help to reveal the diffuse agency by which generative ideas of cinema take shape. |
| Language |
In English. |
| Subject |
Motion pictures -- Societies, etc. -- History.
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Motion pictures -- Social aspects -- Germany -- History -- 20th century.
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Motion pictures -- Social aspects -- Austria -- History -- 20th century.
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Cinéma -- Associations -- Histoire.
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Cinéma -- Aspect social -- Allemagne -- Histoire -- 20e siècle.
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Cinéma -- Aspect social -- Autriche -- Histoire -- 20e siècle.
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Films, cinema.
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HISTORY / Europe / Germany.
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PERFORMING ARTS / Film & Video / History & Criticism.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies.
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Motion pictures -- Social aspects
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Motion pictures -- Societies, etc.
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Austria https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJx8BTwr9ybyyMq4GVJFKd
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Germany https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJtCD3rcKcPDx6FHmjvrbd
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Films, cinema.
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| Chronological Term |
1900-1999
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| Indexed Term |
Film societies, German cinema, Austrian cinema, film culture, film journals, media archaeology, scientific film, film industries, cinephilia, film activism. |
| Genre/Form |
History
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| ISBN |
9048555728 (electronic bk.) |
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9789048555727 (electronic bk.) |
| Standard No. |
10.1515/9789048555727 doi |
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AU@ 000073554601 |
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