The Clapp, James A. creator text bibliography nju 2013 monographic eng

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xv, 353 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm The American city and the American movie industry grew up together in the early decades of the twentieth century, making film an ideal medium through which to better understand urban life Preface -- The American city in the cinema: an introduction -- An urban medium -- Immigrants, the city, and the cinema -- Small towns in a metropolitan world -- How ya gonna keep 'em down on the farm? -- Suburbia and the American dream -- Growing up urban -- Family values, city ways -- Politics, on-screen and off -- Mean streets and cities of night -- Are you talking to me? New York and the cinema of urban alienation -- Class, race and ethnicity in the city and cinema -- The urban woman: labor, liberation and love in the cinematic city -- City work -- Nature, technophobia and the cinema of the urban future -- The city as cinema. James A. Clapp. Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-310) and index. n-us--- City and town life in motion pictures Cities and towns in motion pictures Ciudades y pueblos en el cine Motion pictures United States History and criticism Cine Estados Unidos Historia y crítica PN 1995.9 C589a 2013 791.43/6556 9781412851480 (hbk. : acidfree paper) 1412851483 (hbk. : acidfree paper) 2012045367 DLC 130107 20230411090807.0 17581839 eng