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Silent film comedy and American culture [electronic resource] / Alan Bilton.

Bilton's 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 bypassing rational thought to express the unconscious fears, wishes and concerns of the modern age. Sile...

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Main Author: Bilton, Alan
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.
Subjects:
Comedy films > United States > History and criticism.
Silent films > United States > History and criticism.
Motion pictures > Social aspects > United States > History and criticism.
Comedy films.
Motion pictures > Social aspects.
Silent films.
United States.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.

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Call Number: PN1995.9.C55 B64 2013
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