Description
Haidee Wasson provides a rich cultural history of cinema's transformation from a passing amusement to an enduring art form by mapping the creation of the Film Library of the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York, established in 1935. The first North American film archive and museum, the film library pioneered an expansive moving image network, comprising popular, abstract, animated, American, Canadian, and European films. More than a repository, MoMA circulated these films nationally and internationally, connecting the modern art museum to universities, libraries, women's clubs, unions, archives, and department stores. Under the aegis of the museum, cinema also changed. Like books, paintings, and photographs, films became discrete objects, integral to thinking about art, history, and the politics of modern life.
About the Author
Haidee Wasson is Assistant Professor of Cinema Studies at Concordia University, Montreal.
Reviews
"Impeccably researched, lucidly argued, Haidee Wasson's book reveals MoMA's significant role in transforming film culture during the interwar years. Producing the first systematic study of the museum's relationship to cinema, she not only contributes original work to the field, but signals new directions in film historiography. This is a full-scale exploration of the rise of film as art and a timely intervention in historical research." - Barbara Klinger, Indiana University"
Book Information
ISBN 9780520241312
Author Haidee Wasson
Format Paperback
Page Count 327
Imprint University of California Press
Publisher University of California Press
Weight(grams) 454g
Dimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 18mm
About the Author
Haidee Wasson is Assistant Professor of Cinema Studies at Concordia University, Montreal.
Reviews
"Impeccably researched, lucidly argued, Haidee Wasson's book reveals MoMA's significant role in transforming film culture during the interwar years. Producing the first systematic study of the museum's relationship to cinema, she not only contributes original work to the field, but signals new directions in film historiography. This is a full-scale exploration of the rise of film as art and a timely intervention in historical research." - Barbara Klinger, Indiana University"
Book Information
ISBN 9780520241312
Author Haidee Wasson
Format Paperback
Page Count 327
Imprint University of California Press
Publisher University of California Press
Weight(grams) 454g
Dimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 18mm
Details
Subtitle: |
The Museum of Modern Art and the Birth of Art Cinema |
Imprint: |
University of California Press |
