Cinema History as Social History: Retrospect and Prospect

J. Thissen

doi:10.4324/9781315666051-13

Cinema History as Social History: Retrospect and Prospect

J. Thissen

ICON - Media and Performance Studies

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So long as cinema history remains solipsistically committed to medium-specificity, starting and ending with the film [as text], then the history of entertainment will remain no more than an entertaining diversion occupying the illustrative margins of other histories.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	The Routledge Companion to New Cinema History
Editors	Daniel Biltereyst, Richard Maltby, Philippe Meers
Place of Publication	Londen
Publisher	Routledge
Pages	124-133
ISBN (Electronic)	9781315666051
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315666051-13
Publication status	Published - 2019

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