| Description |
xiv, 225 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. |
| Series |
Princeton studies in cultural sociology
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Princeton studies in cultural sociology.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-215) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: Drawing the Boundaries of Art -- The Central Argument -- How do we know What Art is? -- American Film History -- The Social Construction of Art -- The Creation on of Artistic Status: Opportunity, Institutions, and Ideology - Outline of the Chapters -- The Changing Opportunity Space: Developments in the Wider Social Context -- The First World War and Urban American Life: Two Disparate Influences on Film Attendance in Europe and the United States -- Post-World-War II Changing in the Size and Composition of American Film Audiences -- Change from within: New Production and Consumption Practices -- Film Festivals -- Self-Promotion of Directors -- Ties to Academia -- US, England, Germany, Italy, And France: Changes in the Industrial and Social History of Film - Purification through Venue: from Nickelodeons to Art Houses -- Prestige Productions -- The Ebb of Censorship and the Coming of Art - The Crisis of the 1960'S Forced Hollywood down New Paths -- The Intellectualization of Film -- Early U.S. Film Discourse - The Intellectualization of Film Reviews: 1925-1985 - Film Reviews Approach Book Reviews: A Comparison with Literature -- 1960'S Advertisements Incorporate Film Review -- Foreign Film: A Pathway to High Art for Hollywood - Cultural Hierarchy, the Relevance of Critics, and the Status of Film as Art - Mechanisms for Cultural Valuation -- Why A Middlebrow Art? -- Film Consumptions as Cultural Capital -- An Emphasis on Intellectualizing Discourse -- Integration of Factors -- The Study of Cultural Hierarchy |
| Subject |
Motion pictures -- United States -- History.
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Motion pictures. |
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United States. |
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History. |
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Motion pictures -- Aesthetics.
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Motion pictures -- Aesthetics. |
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Film criticism -- United States -- History.
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Film criticism. |
| ISBN |
9780691125275 cloth alkaline paper |
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0691125279 cloth alkaline paper |
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