1st Edition
Film Serials and the American Cinema, 1910-1940 Operational Detection
By Ilka Brasch
Copyright 2018
314 Pages
by
Routledge
314 Pages
by
Routledge
Before the advent of television, cinema offered serialized films as a source of weekly entertainment. This book traces the history from the days of silent screen heroines to the sound era's daring adventure serials, unearthing a thriving film culture beyond the self-contained feature. Through extensive archival research, Ilka Brasch details the aesthetic appeals of film serials within their... Read more
1 Introduction 2 The Operational Aesthetic 3 Film Serials Between 1910 and 1940 4 Detectives, Traces, and Repetition in The Exploits of Elaine 5 Repetition, Reiteration, and Reenactment: Operational Detection 6 Sound Serials: Media Contingency in the 1930s 7 Conclusion: Telefilm, Cross-Media Migration, and the Demise of the Film Serial 8 Works Cited.
Biography
Ilka Brasch is an assistant professor of American Studies at Leibniz University of Hannover, Germany. She was a member of the research unit 'Popular Seriality - Aesthetics and Practice' (Free University Berlin, 2013-2016), and she has presented on film serials at conferences in Germany, the United States, and France. Her most recent article appeared in >Screen>.
