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Can I read Violence and American Cinema (AFI Film Readers) on EtoBox?
Violence and American Cinema (AFI Film Readers) by Slocum, J. David (John David) is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
What is Violence and American Cinema (AFI Film Readers) about?
American cinema has always been violent, and never more than now: exploding heads, buses that blow up if they stop, leaking ocean liners, racial attacks, and general mayhem. From slapstick's comic violence to film noir, from the silents to Tarantino, violence has been part of America on screen. Yet violence is traditionally a secondary concern of film criticism. This latest volume in our successful AFI Film Readers series analyzes violence, examining its nature, its effects, and its cinematic an
Who reads Violence and American Cinema (AFI Film Readers)?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Slocum, J. David (John David)
- Publisher
- New York : Routledge
- Published
- 2001
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780415928090
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- Science, Sports, Performing Arts
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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