Author : Kim K. Fahlstedt
Release : 2020-08-14
Genre : History
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 407/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Chinatown Film Culture by : Kim K. Fahlstedt
Download or read book Chinatown Film Culture written by Kim K. Fahlstedt. This book was released on 2020-08-14. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chinatown Film Culture provides the first comprehensive account of the emergence of film and moviegoing in the transpacific hub of San Francisco in the early twentieth century. Kim K. Fahlstedt suggests that immigrant audiences' role in the proliferation of cinema as public entertainment in the United States saturated the whole moviegoing experience, from outside on the street into the movie theater.