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Movie-made America : a cultural history of American movies by Sklar, Robert is a performing arts available to read on EtoBox.
What is Movie-made America : a cultural history of American movies about?
"Ever since Edison's peep shows first captivated urban audiences, film has had a revolutionary impact on American society, transforming culture from the bottom up, radically revising attitudes toward pleasure and sexuality, and at the same time, cementing the myth of the American dream. No book has measured film's impact more clearly or comprehensively than Movie-Made America. This vastly readable and richly illustrated volume examines film as art form, technological innovation, big business, an
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Common subject areas: arts, cooking, music, crafts.
- Author
- Sklar, Robert
- Publisher
- New York: Vintage Books
- Published
- 1994
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780394483276
- Category
- performing arts
- Subjects
- Sports, Literary Fiction, History
- Rating
- 3.69 / 5 (305 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-13
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