Cinematic Geographies and Multicultural Spectatorship in America

Exploration, intertwined with home-seeking, has always defined America. Corbin argues that films about significant cultural landscapes in America evoke a sense of travel for their viewers. These virtual travel experiences from the mid-1970s through the 1990s built a societal map of "popular mul...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Corbin, Amy Lynn
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York Palgrave Macmillan US 2015, 2015
Series:Screening Spaces
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:Exploration, intertwined with home-seeking, has always defined America. Corbin argues that films about significant cultural landscapes in America evoke a sense of travel for their viewers. These virtual travel experiences from the mid-1970s through the 1990s built a societal map of "popular multiculturalism" through a movie-going experience
Physical Description:X, 310 p online resource
ISBN:9781137479716