Silent Film Comedy and American Culture
Description
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.
Keywords
Social ScienceAnthropologyCultural & SocialPerforming ArtsFilmTelevisionHistory & CriticismEthnic StudiesAmericanRegional StudiesSociologyTheater
2013Book
Author(s)Alan Bilton
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan UK
ISBN9781137020246
LanguageEnglish
