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The fun factory: the Keystone Film Company and the emergence of mass culture
Rob King
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Frontmatter
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List of Illustrations (page xi)
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Acknowledgments (page xiii)
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Introduction (page 1)
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PART I. "SATIRE IN OVERALLS": THE KEYSTONE FILM COMPANY AND POPULAR CULTURE
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1. "The Fun Factory": Class, Comedy, and Popular Culture, 1912-1914 (page 19)
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2. "Funny Germans" and "Funny Drunks": Clowns, Class, and Ethnicity at Keystone, 1913-1915 (page 65)
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3. "The Impossible Attained!" Tillie's Punctured Romance and the Challenge of Feature-Length Slapstick, 1914-1915 (page 105)
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PART II. "MORE CLEVER AND LESS VULGAR": THE KEYSTONE FILM COMPANY AND MASS CULTURE
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4. "Made for the Masses with an Appeal to the Classes": Keystone, the Triangle Film Corporation, and the Failure of Highbrow Film Culture, 1915-1917 (page 143)
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5. "Uproarious Inventions": Keystone, Modernity, and the Machine, 1915-1917 (page 180)
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6. From "Diving Venus" to "Bathing Beauties": Reification and Feminine Spectacle, 1916-1917 (page 210)
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Conclusion (page 247)
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Notes (page 253)
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Filmography (page 315)
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Index (page 343)
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Published: c2009
Publisher: University of California Press
- 9780520255388 (paper)
- 9780520255371 (hardcover)