Melodrama and Modernity Early Sensational Cinema and Its Contexts |
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| Author:
| Singer, Ben |
| Series title: | Film and Culture Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-231-11328-1 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2001 |
| Publisher: | Columbia University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $200.00 |
Book Description:
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Looking back to the sensational or "blood and thunder" melodramas (e.g., The Perils of Pauline, The Hazards of Helen, etc.), Singer uncovers a fundamentally modern cultural expression, one reflecting transformations in the sensory environment of the metropolis, in the experience of capitalism, in the popular imagination of gender, and in the exploitation of the thrillin popular amusement.
Looking back to the sensational or "blood and thunder" melodramas (e.g., The Perils of Pauline, The Hazards of Helen, etc.), Singer uncovers a fundamentally modern cultural expression, one reflecting transformations in the sensory environment of the metropolis, in the experience of capitalism, in the popular imagination of gender, and in the exploitation of the thrillin popular amusement.