948
Views
5
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Articles

CINEMAGOING AS A CONDITIONAL PART OF EVERYDAY LIFE

Memories of cinemagoing in Ghent from the 1930s to the 1970s

Pages 561-584 | Received 09 Mar 2011, Accepted 31 May 2012, Published online: 31 Aug 2012

References

  • Allen , R. C. and Gomery , D. 1985 . Film History: Theory and Practice , New York : McGraw-Hill .
  • Allen , R. C. 1990 . From exhibition to reception: reflections on the audience in Film History . Screen , 31 ( 4 ) : 347 – 356 .
  • Allen , R. C. 1996 . Manhattan Myopia: or, Oh! Iowa! . Cinema Journal , 35 ( 3 ) : 75 – 103 .
  • Allen , R. C. 2006a . Relocating American Film History. The ‘problem’ of the empirical . Cultural Studies , 20 ( 1 ) : 48 – 88 .
  • Allen , R. C. 2006b . The place of space in film historiography . Tijdschrift voor Mediageschiedenis , 9 ( 2 ) : 15 – 27 .
  • Allen , R. C. 2008 . “ Decentering historical audience studies ” . In Hollywood in the Neighborhood. Historical Case Studies of Local Moviegoing , Edited by: Fuller-Seeley , K. H. 20 – 33 . Berkeley : University of California Press .
  • Biltereyst , D. , Meers , Ph. and Van de Vijver , L. 2011 . “ Social class, experiences of distinction and cinema in postwar Ghent ” . In Explorations in New Cinema History: Approaches and Case Studies , Edited by: Maltby , R. , Biltereyst , D. and Meers , Ph. 101 – 124 . Oxford : Wiley-Blackwell .
  • Biltereyst , D. , Maltby , R. & Meers , Ph. . 2012a Cinema, Audiences and Modernity: New Perspectives on European Cinema History , London , Routledge .
  • Biltereyst , D. 2012b . “ Negotiating cinema's modernity: strategies of control and audience experiences of cinema in Belgium, 1930s–1960s ” . In Cinema, Audiences and Modernity: New Perspectives on European Cinema History , Edited by: Biltereyst , D. , Maltby , R. and Meers , Ph. 186 – 201 . London : Routledge .
  • Bordwell , D. & Carroll , N. 1996 Post-theory: reconstructing film studies , Madison , University of Wisconsin Press .
  • Chapman , J. , Glancy , M. & Harper , S. 2009 The New Film History. Sources, Methods, Approaches . Hampshire : Palgrave Macmillan .
  • Corbett , K. 2008 . “ Bad sound and sticky floors. An ethnographic look at the symbolic value of historic small-town movie theatres ” . In Hollywood in the Neighborhood. Historical Case Studies of Local Moviegoing , Edited by: Fuller-Seeley , K. H. 233 – 249 . Berkeley : University of California Press .
  • De Certeau , M. 1984 . The Practice of Everyday Life , Berkeley : University of California Press .
  • Fuller-Seeley , K. H. 2008 Hollywood in the Neighborhood. Historical Case Studies of Local Moviegoing , Berkeley , University of California Press .
  • Highmore , B. 2002 . Everyday Life and Cultural Theory: An Introduction , London : Routledge .
  • Inglis , D. 2005 . Culture and Everyday Life , London : Routledge .
  • Jancovich , M. , Faire , L. and Stubbings , S. 2003 . The Place of the Audience: Cultural Geographies of Film Consumption , London : British Film Institute .
  • Klenotic , J. 2007 “ Four Hours of Hootin’ and Hollerin”’: Moviegoing en Everydag Life Outside the Movie Palace , in Going to the Movies. Hollywood and the Social Experience of Cinema , R. Maltby , M. Stokes & R.C. Allen , Exeter : University of Exeter Press , 130 – 154 .
  • Kuhn , A. 1999 . “That day did last me all my life”: Cinema Memory and Enduring Fandom ” . In Identifying Hollywood's Audiences. Cultural Identity and the Movies , Edited by: Stokes , M. and Maltby , R. 135 – 146 . London : BFI .
  • Kuhn , A. 2000 . “ A journey through memory ” . In Memory and Methodology , Edited by: Radstone , S. 179 – 196 . Oxford : Berg .
  • Kuhn , A. 2002 . An Everyday Magic. Cinema and Cultural Memory , London : I.B. Tauris .
  • Kuhn , A. 2004 . Heterotopia, heterochronia: place and time in cinema memory . Screen , 45 ( 2 ) : 106 – 114 .
  • Kuhn , A. 2011 . “ What to do with Cinema Memory? ” . In Explorations in New Cinema History: Approaches and Case Studies , Edited by: Maltby , R. , Biltereyst , D. and Meers , Ph. 85 – 98 . Oxford : Wiley-Blackwell .
  • Lewis , J. and Smoodin , E. 2007 Looking Past The Screen. Case Studies in American Film History and Method , Durham , Duke University Press .
  • Maltby , R. 2006 . On the Prospect of Writing Cinema History from Below . Tijdschrift voor Mediageschiedenis , 9 ( 2 ) : 74 – 96 .
  • Maltby , R. 2007 . How can cinema history matter more? . Screening the Past , 22 [online] Available at: http://www.latrobe.edu.au/screeningthepast/22/board-richard-maltby.html
  • Maltby , R. , Stokes , M. & Allen , R.C. 2007 Going to the movies. Hollywood and the Social Experience of Cinema , Exeter , University of Exeter Press .
  • Maltby , R. 2011 . “ New Cinema Histories ” . In Explorations in New Cinema History: Approaches and Case Studies , Edited by: Maltby , R. , Biltereyst , D. and Meers , Ph. 3 – 40 . Oxford : Wiley-Blackwell .
  • Maltby , R. , Biltereyst , D. & Meers , Ph. 2011 Explorations in New Cinema History: Approaches and Case Studies , Malden , Wiley-Blackwell .
  • Meers , Ph. , Biltereyst , D. and Van de Vijver , L. 2010a . “ Memories, movies, and cinema-going. An oral history project on film culture in Flanders (Belgium) ” . In Film – Cinema – Spectator: Film Reception , Edited by: Schenk , I. , Tröhler , M. and Zimmerman , Y. 319 – 337 . Zürich : Schüren .
  • Meers , Ph. , Biltereyst , D. and Van de Vijver , L. 2010b . Metropolitan vs rural cinemagoing in Flanders, 1925–75 . Screen , 51 ( 3 ) : 272 – 280 .
  • Paz , M. A. 2003 . The Spanish Remember: movie attendance during the Franco dictatorship, 1943–1975 . Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television , 23 ( 4 ) : 357 – 374 .
  • Portelli , A. 1998 . “ What makes oral history different ” . In The Oral History Reader , Edited by: Perks , R. and Thomson , A. 63 – 74 . London : Routledge .
  • Richards , H. 2003 . Memory Reclamation of Cinema Going in Bridgend, South Wales, 1930–1960 . Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television , 23 ( 4 ) : 341 – 355 .
  • Sedgwick , J. 2000 . Popular Filmgoing in 1930s Britain. A Choice of Pleasures , Exeter : University of Exeter Press .
  • Singer , B. 1995 . Manhattan Nickelodeon: new data on audiences and exhibitors . Cinema Journal , 34 ( 3 ) : 5 – 35 .
  • Stacey , J. 1994 . Star Gazing: Hollywood Cinema and Female Spectatorship in 1940s and 1950s Britain , London : Routledge .
  • Stokes , M. & Maltby , R. 2004 Hollywood Abroad. Audiences and Cultural Exchange , London , BFI .
  • Stubbings , S. 2003 . “ ‘Look behind you!’: memories of cinema-going in the ‘Golden Age’ of Hollywood ” . In Memory and Popular Film , Edited by: Grainge , P. 65 – 80 . Manchester : Manchester University Press .
  • Taylor , H. 1989 . Scarlett's Women: Gone With The Wind and its Female Audience , London : Virago .
  • Thissen , J. 2010 . Filmgeschiedenis tussen cultuur en economie . Tijdschrift voor Mediageschiedenis , 13 ( 2 ) : 4 – 12 .
  • Thompson , K. 1985 . Exporting Entertainment: America in the World Film Market 1907–34 , London : BFI .
  • Vande Winkel , R. 2004 . Die grosse Liebe – De groote liefde. Getuigenissen over de populariteit van Duitse film(sterren) in Bezet België (1940–1944) . Mores , 5 ( 4 ) : 15 – 20 .
  • Verhoeven , D. 2011 . “ Film distribution in the Diaspora: temporality, community and national cinema ” . In Explorations in New Cinema History. Approaches and Case Studies , Edited by: Maltby , R. , Biltereyst , D. and Meers , Ph. 243 – 260 . Oxford : Wiley-Blackwell .
  • Van de Vijver , L. 2007 . “ Neergang en crisis van de bioscoop (1958–1980) ” . In De Verlichte Stad , Edited by: Meers , Ph. and Biltereyst , D. 99 – 122 . Leuven : LannooCampus .
  • Van de Vijver , L. and Biltereyst , D. 2010 . Hollywood versus lokaliteit. Het (on)gelijke aanbod van Amerikaanse en Europese film in de jaren dertig in Gent . Tijdschrift voor Mediageschiedenis , 13 ( 2 ) : 60 – 79 .
  • Van de Vijver , L. 2012 . Distributie en exploitatie van film te Gent. Een historische typologie op basis van de programmeringsprofielen . Tijdschrift voor Sociale en Economische Geschiedenis , 9 ( 2 ) : 73 – 100 .
  • Waller , G. 2002 . Moviegoing in America: A Sourcebook in the History of Film Exhibition , Malden : Blackwell Publishers .
  • Waller , G. 2007 . “ Free talking picture-every farmer is welcome. Non theatrical film and everyday life in rural America during the 1930s ” . In Going to the Movies. Hollywood and the Social Experience of Cinema , Edited by: Maltby , R. , Stokes , M. and Allen , R.C. 130 – 154 . Exeter : University of Exeter Press .

Reprints and Corporate Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

To request a reprint or corporate permissions for this article, please click on the relevant link below:

Academic Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

Obtain permissions instantly via Rightslink by clicking on the button below:

If you are unable to obtain permissions via Rightslink, please complete and submit this Permissions form. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page.