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Can I read The Drive-In on EtoBox?
The Drive-In by Guy Barefoot; is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Drive-In about?
The Drive-In meaningfully contributes to the complex picture of outdoor cinema that has been central to American culture and to a history of US cinema based on diverse viewing experiences rather than a select number of films. Drive-in cinemas flourished in 1950s America, in some summer weeks to the extent that there were more cinemagoers outdoors than indoors. Often associated with teenagers interested in the drive-in as a 'passion pit' or a venue for exploitation films, accounts of the 1950s American drive-in tend to emphasise their popularity with families with young children, downplaying the importance of a film programme apparently limited to old, low-budget or independent films and characterising drive-in operators as industry outsiders. They retain a hold on the popular imagination. The Drive-In identifies the mix of generations in the drive-in audience as well as accounts that articulate individual experiences, from the drive-in as a dating venue to a segregated space. Through detailed analysis of the film industry trade press, local newspapers and a range of other primary sources including archival records on cinemas and cinema circuits in Arkansas, California, New York
Who reads The Drive-In?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Guy Barefoot;
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing USA
- Published
- 2023
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781501375019
- Category
- nonfiction
- Rating
- 3.76 / 5 (102 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14