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Screen culture and the social question, 1880-1914
Title
Screen culture and the social question, 1880-1914 [electronic resource] / edited by Ludwig Vogl-Bienek and Richard Crangle.
ISBN
9780861969180
0861969189
9780861967094
Published
Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2016 (Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2015)
Bloomington [Indiana] : Printed and electronic book orders (worldwide), Indiana University Press (Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2015)
New Barnet [England] : John Libbey Publishing Ltd, [2014] (Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2015)
Physical Description
1 online resource (1 PDF (viii, 213 pages) :) illustrations (some color).
Local Notes
Access is available to the Yale community.
Notes
Issued as part of UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
Description based on print version record.
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Summary
Public performances using the magic or optical lantern became a prominent part of the social fabric of the late 19th century. Drawing on a rich variety of primary sources, Screen Culture and the Social Question, 1880-1914 investigates how the magic lantern and cinematograph, used at public lectures, church services, and electoral campaigns, became agents of social change. The essays examine how social reformers and charitable organizations used the "art of projection" to raise public awareness of the living conditions of the poor and the destitute, as they argued for reform and encouraged audiences to work to better their lot and that of others.
Variant and related titles
UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
Project MUSE - UPCC 2017 Archive Complete Supplement V.
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Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
January 20, 2017
Series
KINtop studies in early cinema ; volume 3
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
Contents
Introduction / by Richard Crangle and Ludwig Vogl-Bienek
part I. Screen culture and the public sphere : raising awareness of the living conditions of the poor
The social impact of screen culture 1880-1914 / Martin Loiperdinger
The lantern and cinematograph for political persuasion before WWI: towards and introduction and typology / Stephen Bottomore
A lantern lecture: slum life and living conditions of the poor in fictional and documentary lantern slide sets / Ludwig Vogl-Bienek
"The poetry of poverty": the magic lantern and the ballads of George R. Sims / Joss Marsh and David Francis
The Jacob A. Riis collection: photographs for books and lantern lectures / Bonnie Yochelson
Early Christmas films in the tradition of the magic lantern / Caroline Henkes
part II. The use of lantern shows, photography and early films for social prevention by charity organisations
Feeding and entertaining the poor: salvation army lantern exhibitions combined with food distribution in Britain and Germany / Karen Eifler
"To assist in the pictorial teaching of Temperance": the use of the magic lantern in the band of hope / Annemarie McAllister
Health entrepreneurs: American screen practices in the 1910s / Marina Dahlquist
Education or entertainment? Early cinema as a social force in New York's immigrant Jewish community / Judith Thissen
Sentiment and science in Harvard University's Social Museum / Michelle Lamunière
part III. Approaches to the hidden history of screen culture
Engaging with the magic lantern's history / Frank Gray
Our magic lantern heritage: archiving a past medium that nearly never was / Ine van Dooren
The Lucerna magic lantern web resource / Richard Crangle
Afterword : how does it feel? Hidden histories and the elusive user experience / by Ian Christie.
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