Silent Film Comedy and American Culture

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This absorbing study of early 20th Century American Culture interprets the anarchic absurdity of slapstick movies as a form of collective anxiety dream, their fantastical images an d illogical gags expressing the unconscious wishes and fears of the modern age, in a way that foreshadows the concerns of our own celebrity-obsessed consumer culture.Publication Year: 2013Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan UKFormat: PWeight (Gram): 3261 Show more