Silent Film Comedy and American Culture
Download or Read eBook Silent Film Comedy and American Culture PDF written by Alan Bilton and published by Springer. This book was released on 2013-05-14 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
| Author | : Alan Bilton |
| Publisher | : Springer |
| Total Pages | : 334 |
| Release | : 2013-05-14 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9781137020253 |
| ISBN-13 | : 1137020253 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (53 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Silent Film Comedy and American Culture by : Alan Bilton
Book excerpt: This absorbing study of early 20th Century American Culture interprets the anarchic absurdity of slapstick movies as a form of collective anxiety dream, their fantastical images and illogical gags expressing the unconscious wishes and fears of the modern age, in a way that foreshadows the concerns of our own celebrity-obsessed consumer culture.
