The making of American audiences : from stage to television, 1750-1990 / Richard Butsch.
The making of American audiences : from stage to television, 1750-1990 / Richard Butsch.
The making of American audiences : from stage to television, 1750-1990 / Richard Butsch.
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Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2000.
Date
2000.
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N791.0973/1
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English
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x, 438 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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Introduction: Participative Public, Passive Private? -- 1. Colonial Theater, Privileged Audiences -- 2. Drama in Early Republic Audiences -- 3. The B'Hoys in Jacksonian Theaters -- 4. Knowledge and the Decline of Audience Sovereignty -- 5. Matinee Ladies: Re-gendering Theater Audiences -- 6. Blackfa...
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Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2000.
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England
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2000.
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"In The Making of American Audiences, Richard Butsch provides a comprehensive study of American entertainment audiences from the colonial period to the present. Covering theater, minstrelsy, vaudeville, movies, radio, and television, he examines the evolution of audiences as each genre supplanted another as the primary popular entertainment. Based...
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The making of American audiences : from stage to television, 1750-1990 / Richard Butsch.
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Cambridge studies in the history of mass communication.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 393-429) and index.
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N791.0973/1
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0521664837 (pbk.)
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9780521664837 (pbk.)
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791.0973
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