Early Pulp Cinema and the Social Contexts of Sensationalism
Singer, Ben
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Paperback
Edition: Film and Culture (Paperback)
380 pages
100 Illustrations
Published: 2001
Publisher: University Presses of California, Columbia and Princeton
ISBN / EAN: 0231113293
Looking back to the sensational or "blood and thunder" melodramas (e.g., "The Perils of Pauline," "The Hazards of Helen," etc.), Singer uncovers a fundamentally modern cultural expression, one reflecting transformations in the sensory environment of the m
