Silent Films and the Triumph of the American Myth

Paula Marantz Cohen

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Publisher's Synopsis

This broad cultural study connects the rise of film to the rise of America as a cultural centre and world power in the 20th century. Cohen argues that through film, America asserted its cultural independence and forged a form of cultural oppression.

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Book information

ISBN:	9780195140934
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Imprint:	Oxford University Press
Pub date:	01 May 2001
DEWEY:	306.4850973
DEWEY edition:	21
Language:	English
Number of pages:	240
Weight:	519g
Height:	234mm
Width:	156mm
Spine width:	19mm