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Cinema and the city: film and urban societies in a global context,Mark Shiel; Tony Fitzmaurice; Wiley InterScience by Shiel, Mark (editor);Fitzmaurice, Tony (editor) is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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This book brings together the literature of urban sociology and film studies to explore new analytical and theoretical approaches to the relationship between cinema and the city, and to show how these impact on the realities of life in urban societies.Content: Chapter 1 Cinema and the City in History and Theory (pages 1–18): Mark Shiel Chapter 2 Film and Urban Societies in a Global Context (pages 19–30): Tony Fitzmaurice Chapter 3 Bunker Hill: Hollywood's Dark Shadow (pages 33–45): Mike Davis Chapter 4 Film Mystery as Urban History: The Case of Chinatown (pages 46–58): John Walton Chapter 5 Return to Oz: The Hollywood Redevelopment Project, or Film History as Urban Renewal (pages 59–72): Josh Stenger Chapter 6 Shamrock: Houston's Green Promise (pages 75–87): James Hay Chapter 7 From Workshop to Backlot: The Greater Philadelphia Film Office (pages 88–98): Paul Swann Chapter 8 Cities: Real and Imagined (pages 99–108): Geoffrey Nowell?Smith Chapter 9 Emigrating to New York in 3?D: Stereoscopic Vision in IMAX's Cinematic City (pages 109–121): Mark Neumann Chapter 10 Finding a Place at the Downtown Picture Palace: The Tampa Theater, Florida (pages 122–133): Janna Jones Chapter 11 Global

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Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.

Author
Shiel, Mark (editor);Fitzmaurice, Tony (editor)
Publisher
Blackwell Publishers Ltd
Published
2001
Language
EN
ISBN
9780631222446
Category
nonfiction
Subjects
Sociology, Sports, Literary Fiction

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