{"product_id":"moviestruck-girls-women-and-motion-picture-culture-after-the-nickelodeon-9780691044576","title":"MovieStruck Girls  Women and Motion Picture Culture after the Nickelodeon","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eExamines women's films and filmgoing in the 1910s, a period when female patronage was energetically courted by the industry for the first time. This title looks closely at how women were invited to participate in movie culture, the films they were offered, and the visual pleasures they enjoyed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2000 Finalist for the 2000 Theatre Library Association Award \"A delightful and informative read and destined to be a classic in the field of film studies, this book is bound to attract a broad audience of scholars and movie buffs interested in learning more about the connections between movies and women in the early years of the film industry.\"--Choice\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments  Introduction  1. Spare Us One Evening: Cultivating Cinema's Female Audience   Playing to the Ladies  Added Attractions: Women in the Audience    2. Is Any Girl Safe? Motion Pictures, Women's Leisure, and the White Slavery Scare   The White Slavery Scare  White Slavery and Motion Picture Audiences  White Slavery on the Screen  Female Spectators at the White Slave Films    3. Ready-Made Customers: Female Movie Fans and the Serial Craze   Promoting Pauline  The Biggest Thrills Are Yet to Come: Serial Desire and the Heterogeneous Text  An Awful Struggle between Love and Ambition: Serial Heroines and Modern Femininity  What Sort of Fellow Is Pearl White? Serial Queens and Their Female Fans    4. Civic Housekeeping: Women's Suffrage, Female Viewers, and the Body Politic   Defining Female Citizenship in Suffrage Comedies  Recruiting Female Viewers  Civic Housekeeping and the Conservative Appeal    Conclusion  Notes  Selected Bibliography  Index","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51926108602711,"sku":"9780691044576","price":46.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780691044576.jpg?v=1760622152","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/moviestruck-girls-women-and-motion-picture-culture-after-the-nickelodeon-9780691044576","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}