Monday, May 6, 2024

"Movies under the Influence"

Coming August 13 from the University of Minnesota Press: Movies under the Influence by Jocelyn Szczepaniak-Gillece.

About the book, from the publisher:

A cultural history of the enduring relationship between film spectatorship and intoxicating substances

Exploring the effects of intoxicants on film spectatorship, Movies under the Influence charts their entangled histories from early cinema through the psychedelic 1970s. Jocelyn Szczepaniak-Gillece examines the implicit relationship mind-altering substances suggest between mass media, spectatorship, and governmental regulation, offering a new angle from which to understand cinema’s lasting role in evolving American culture.
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