{"product_id":"interpreting-films-studies-in-the-historical-reception-of-american-cinema","title":"Interpreting Films: Studies in the Historical Reception of American Cinema","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eInterpreting Films: Studies in the Historical Reception of American Cinema\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eJanet Staiger\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780691006161\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003ePrinceton University Press\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e1992\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e290\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eModerate edge wear. Binding good. May have marking in text. We sometimes source from libraries. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003eEmploying a wide range of examples from Uncle Tom's Cabin and Birth of a Nation to Zelig and Personal Best, Janet Staiger argues that a historical examination of spectators' responses to films can make a valuable contribution to the history, criticism, and philosophy of cultural products. She maintains that as artifacts, films do not contain immanent meanings, that differences among interpretations have historical bases, and that these variations are due to social, political, and economic conditions as well as the viewers' constructed images of themselves. After proposing a theory of reception study, the author demonstrates its application mainly through analyzing the varying responses of audiences to certain films at specific moments in history. Staiger gives special attention to how questions of class, gender, sexual preference, race, and ethnicity enter into film viewers' interpretations. Her analysis reflects recent developments in post-structuralism, cognitive psychology, psychoanalysis, and cultural studies, and includes a discussion of current reader-response models in literary and film studies as well as an alternative approach for thinking about historical readers and spectators.\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Interpreting Films: Studies in the Historical Reception of American Cinema | Janet Staiger | Paperback | 9780691006161 | Used: Good | 1784850","offer_id":67623909097624,"sku":"1784850","price":11.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/81k28Ge8axL.jpg?v=1790969319","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/interpreting-films-studies-in-the-historical-reception-of-american-cinema","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}