{"product_id":"for-the-love-of-pleasure-women-movies-and-culture-in-turn-of-the-century-chicago-9780813525341","title":"For the Love of Pleasure: Women, Movies, and Culture in Turn-of-the-Century Chicago","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Lauren Rabinovitz\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Rutgers University Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Rutgers University Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Anthropology - Cultural \u0026amp; Social\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"One of the most readable books on early cinema I have ever encountered. . . . Rabinovitz ably brings together a wealth of information about the exciting era of social change that marked the beginning of U.S. cinema.\" \u003cbr\u003e --Gaylyn Studlar, atuhor of \u003ci\u003eThis Mad Masquerade: Stardom and Masculinity in the Jazz Age \u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The period from the 1880s until the 1920s saw the making of a consumer society, the inception of the technological, economic, and social landscape in which we currently live. Cinema played a key role in the changing urban landscape. For working-class women, it became a refuge from the factory. For middle-class women, it presented a new language of sexual danger and pleasure. Women found greater freedom in big cities, entering the workforce in record numbers and moving about unchaperoned in public spaces. Turn-of-the-century Chicago surpassed even New York as a proving ground for pleasure and education, attracting women workers at three times the national rate. Using Chicago as a model, Lauren Rabinovitz analyzes the rich interplay among demographic, visual, historical, and theoretical materials of the period. She skillfully links cinema theory and women's studies for a fuller understanding of cultural history. She also demonstrates how cinema dramatically affected social conventions, ultimately shaping modern codes of masculinity and feminity.","brand":"Rutgers University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47614648746135,"sku":"9780813525341","price":2956.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780813525341.webp?v=1775095222","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/for-the-love-of-pleasure-women-movies-and-culture-in-turn-of-the-century-chicago-9780813525341","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}