Babel and Babylon: Spectatorship in American Silent Film

Focusing on exemplary moments in the American silent era, Hansen explains how the concept of the spectator evolved as a crucial part of the classical Hollywood paradigm—as one of the new industry’s strategies to integrate ethnically, socially, and sexually differentiated audiences in a modern culture of consumption.

Author(s): Miriam Hansen
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 2009-07-01
Pages: 390
Categories: Performing Arts