Parallel Tracks

The Railroad and Silent Cinema
Erscheinungsjahr 1997
ISBN: 978-0-85989-530-9
Verlag: University of Exeter Press

Buch, Englisch, 348 Seiten, Format (B × H): 154 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 602 g

Reihe: Exeter Studies in Film History

From its earliest days, the cinema has enjoyed a special kinship with the railroad, a mutual attraction based on similar ways of handling speed, visual perception, and the promise of a journey. PARALLEL TRACKS is the first book to explore and explain this relationship in both historical and theoretical terms, blending film scholarship with railroad history.

This highly original work reveals the profound impact that the railroad and the cinema have had on Western society and modern urban industrial culture. It will be eagerly received by those involved in film studies, American studies, feminist theory and the cultural study of modernity. It will also have appeal to general readers interested in silent films or in the history of the railroad.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kirby, Lynne

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Kulturwissenschaften
• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Filmwissenschaft, Fernsehen, Radio Filmtheorie, Filmanalyse
• Sozialwissenschaften Sport | Tourismus | Freizeit Verkehr: Ratgeber, Sachbuch
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kultur- und Ideengeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. Inventors and Hysterics: The Train in the Prehistory and Early History of Cinema

2. Romances of the Rail in Silent Film

3. The Railroad in the City

4. National Identity in the Train Film

Conclusion

Notes

Works Cited

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Lynne Kirby is a Senior Producer at Court Television Network. Her articles on the railroad and cinema have appeared in major American film journals.