How the Movies Got a Past presents a comprehensive survey of the rise of historiographical discourse on cinema in North America as it is reflected in publications, exhibitions, lectures, and films about the cinema as a technology, artform, and source of entertainment, from its inception up to 1930. With a wealth of case studies and illustrations, this book will appeal to media historians, silent movie buffs, film archivists, and students alike.
How the Movies Got a Past presents a comprehensive survey of the rise of historiographical discourse on cinema in North America as it is reflected in publications, exhibitions, lectures, and films about the cinema as a technology, artform, and source of entertainment, from its inception up to 1930. With a wealth of case studies and illustrations, this book will appeal to media historians, silent movie buffs, film archivists, and students alike.
Dimitrios Latsis is a historian and digital humanist working at the intersection of archiving and visual culture. He is Assistant Professor in Digital and Audiovisual Preservation at the University of Alabama's School of Library and Information Studies. His work on American visual culture, early cinema, archival studies, and the Digital Humanities has been supported by the Smithsonian Institution, Domitor, Mellon, and Knight Foundations, and Canada's Social Studies and Humanities Research Council, among others. He is the co-editor of Art in the Cinema: The Mid-Century Art Documentary (2020) with Steven Jacobs and Birgit Cleppe.
Inhaltsangabe
* Acknowledgments * Introduction: The Evolving Practice of Film Historiography * Part I: Historiography * 1. A Vivisection: Writing the History of an Emergent Medium * 2. The First Canonical Histories: Ramsaye, Rotha and Beyond * 3. Finding Its Voice? Sound and the (Re)-writing of Film History * PART II: Meta-History * 4. Through a Glass Darkly: Early Nonfiction Films about the History of Cinema * 5. Programming the Classics: Revivals, The Little Theater Movement and the Emergence of a Canon * 6. The Future-Past of Moving Images: Towards a Pre-history of Film Archiving * 7. Exhibitions and Museums: The Past of Cinema on Display * 8. Invented Traditions: Commemorations and Anniversaries * 9. Learning and Earning: Film History Enters the University Curriculum * Conclusion * Appendix: Silent Non-Fiction Films Related to the History of Cinema * Bibliography * Index
* Acknowledgments * Introduction: The Evolving Practice of Film Historiography * Part I: Historiography * 1. A Vivisection: Writing the History of an Emergent Medium * 2. The First Canonical Histories: Ramsaye, Rotha and Beyond * 3. Finding Its Voice? Sound and the (Re)-writing of Film History * PART II: Meta-History * 4. Through a Glass Darkly: Early Nonfiction Films about the History of Cinema * 5. Programming the Classics: Revivals, The Little Theater Movement and the Emergence of a Canon * 6. The Future-Past of Moving Images: Towards a Pre-history of Film Archiving * 7. Exhibitions and Museums: The Past of Cinema on Display * 8. Invented Traditions: Commemorations and Anniversaries * 9. Learning and Earning: Film History Enters the University Curriculum * Conclusion * Appendix: Silent Non-Fiction Films Related to the History of Cinema * Bibliography * Index
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