In the silent era, American cinema was defined by two separate and parallel industries, with whit...

Since the 1970s film studies has been dominated by a basic paradigm-the concept of classical Holl...

Jane M. Gaines examines the phenomenon of images as property, focusing on the legal staus of mech...

Women held more positions of power in the silent film era than at any other time in American moti...

Research into and around women's participation in cinematic history has enjoyed dynamic growth ov...

A Feminist Reader in Early Cinema marks a new era of feminist film scholarship. The twenty essays...

This book analyses the diverse historical and geographical circumstances in which audiences ha...

Jane M. Gaines examines the phenomenon of images as property, focusing on the legal staus of mech...

This remarkable collection uses genre as a fresh way to analyze the issues of gender representati...

"e;A sweeping yet rigorous analysis of Dixon and his work. The collection approaches the sout...

— The editors of this volume present diverse academic backgrounds from different geographical ...

This thoroughly readable collection is a superb reference work lavishly illustrated with rare pho...