Streets of Gold
Immigrants in the City and the Cinema
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2162780 |
|---|---|
| Authors | James A Clapp (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 1-19 |
| Publication date | 2009-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Visual Anthropology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0894-9468 • E-ISSN: 1545-5920 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/08949460802525694 |
| OpenAlex | W1989705136 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 3 |
Immigration and immigrants play unique and significant roles in both the development of the American city and the American cinema. The city, the cinema, and immigrants came together at the turn of the last century in an unprecedented and economically creative way. Immigrants were involved in the creation of the American cinema as audience, often as subject matter, and most significantly in motion picture production and distribution. Immigrants and their process of assimilation into American life have been one of the staple dramas of the American experience as portrayed on film that, with a hiatus during the years between the two world wars, extends from the earliest days of cinema to the present day
Archaeology · Art history · Assimilation (phonology · Immigration · Media studies · Motion picture · Movie theater · Sociology · Subject matter · Cinema and Media Studies · History · Italian Fascism and Post-war Society
| Highly cited | No |
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