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Education in the School of Dreams: Travelogues and Early Nonfiction Film

Education in the School of Dreams: Travelogues and Early Nonfiction Film

Peterson, Jennifer Lynn

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Film Studies

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ISBN10: 0822354411
ISBN13: 9780822354413
Publisher: Duke University Press
Published: May 22 2013
Pages: 400
Weight: 1.60
Height: 1.20 Width: 6.30 Depth: 9.50
Language: English
In the earliest years of cinema, travelogues were a staple of variety film programs in commercial motion picture theaters. These short films, also known as scenics, depicted tourist destinations and exotic landscapes otherwise inaccessible to most viewers. Scenics were so popular that they were briefly touted as the future of film. But despite their pervasiveness during the early twentieth century, travelogues have been overlooked by film historians and critics. In Education in the School of Dreams, Jennifer Lynn Peterson recovers this lost archive. Through innovative readings of travelogues and other nonfiction films exhibited in the United States between 1907 and 1915, she offers fresh insights into the aesthetic and commercial history of early cinema and provides a new perspective on the intersection of American culture, imperialism, and modernity in the nickelodeon era.

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