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Manly Arts: Masculinity and Nation in Early American Cinema

Manly Arts: Masculinity and Nation in Early American Cinema

Gerstner, David A.

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Film StudiesMen's Studies

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ISBN10: 0822337754
ISBN13: 9780822337751
Publisher: Duke University Press
Published: Mar 6 2006
Pages: 336
Weight: 1.45
Height: 1.10 Width: 6.20 Depth: 9.40
Language: English
In this innovative analysis of the interconnections between nation and aesthetics in the United States during the late nineteenth century and the early twentieth, David A. Gerstner reveals the crucial role of early cinema in consolidating a masculine ideal under American capitalism. Gerstner describes how cinema came to be considered the art form of the New World and how its experimental qualities infused other artistic traditions (many associated with Europe--painting, literature, and even photography) with new life: brash, virile, American life. He argues that early filmmakers were as concerned with establishing cinema's standing in relation to other art forms as they were with storytelling. Focusing on the formal dimensions of early-twentieth-century films, he describes how filmmakers drew on European and American theater, literature, and painting to forge a national aesthetic that equated democracy with masculinity.

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