An everyday magic : cinema and cultural memory /

Kuhn, Annette,

An everyday magic : cinema and cultural memory / Annette Kuhn. - First edition. - London [England] : I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd, 2002. - 1 online resource (xii, 273 pages) : illustrations, portraits.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

This work explores cinema-going in the 1930s, when it was a favourite leisure activity. Kuhn discovers how cinema provided a much-appreciated touch of glamour, and examines the influences of screen heroes and heroines.

9780755699476




Motion pictures--Social aspects--Great Britain.
Film theory & criticism

302.23/43/0941 306.485

791.4