Relocating American film history: The 'problem' of the empirical

Cultural Studies

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 48-88

  Allen, Robert C ^a  

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Author keywords

American South; Audience; Empiricism; Film history; Film theory; Race; Region; Spectator theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 33244472157     PISSN: 09502386     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09502380500492590     Document Type: Article

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