Klaas de Zwaan
Biographic Data
| ID | 6807839 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Klaas de Zwaan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Klaas |
| FAMILY NAME | de Zwaan |
| SIGNATURE | DE ZWAAN K |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of the Arts Utrecht |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 2 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Mass media and the performance of war (c.1850–1920)
Throughout history, war has been a popular and profitable subject for representation. While these representations have generated voluminous amounts of research from various disciplines, analyses tend to focus on either texts or visuals. This introduction highlights the benefits of examining theatrical performances of war as multisensory phenomena that simultaneously address the eyes, the ears, and at times even the nose and the whole body. When s…
The battle for meaning: A cross-national film reception analysis of The Battle Cry of Peace in Switzerland and the Netherlands during World War I
This article offers a cross-national analysis of the historical reception of the American war film The Battle Cry of Peace (J. Stuart Blackton and Wilfred North/Vitagraph, 1915) in the neutral countries of the Netherlands and Switzerland during World War I. Treating propaganda as a mode de lecture, the authors demonstrate how a fiction film that was originally intended as preparedness propaganda picked up very diverse and often conflicting meanin…
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The battle for meaning: A cross-national film reception analysis of The Battle Cry of Peace in Switzerland and the Netherlands during World War I
This article offers a cross-national analysis of the historical reception of the American war film The Battle Cry of Peace (J. Stuart Blackton and Wilfred North/Vitagraph, 1915) in the neutral countries of the Netherlands and Switzerland during World War I. Treating propaganda as a mode de lecture, the authors demonstrate how a fiction film that was originally intended as preparedness propaganda picked up very diverse and often conflicting meanin…
Mass media and the performance of war (c.1850–1920)
Throughout history, war has been a popular and profitable subject for representation. While these representations have generated voluminous amounts of research from various disciplines, analyses tend to focus on either texts or visuals. This introduction highlights the benefits of examining theatrical performances of war as multisensory phenomena that simultaneously address the eyes, the ears, and at times even the nose and the whole body. When s…
Spanish Civil War (2 works) · World Wars: History, Literature, and Impact (2 works) · Ancient history (1 works) · Art history (1 works) · Battle (1 works) · Entertainment (1 works) · European history and politics (1 works) · European Political History Analysis (1 works) · First world war (1 works) · German (1 works)