{"product_id":"for-the-love-of-pleasure-lauren-rabinovitz-9780813525341","title":"For the Love of Pleasure: Women, Movies, and Culture in Turn-of-the-Century Chicago","description":"\"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 \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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Lauren Rabinovitz\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0813525349\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780813525341\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Rutgers University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/01\/1998\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.87lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.08w x 0.74d","brand":"Lauren Rabinovitz","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44059826094335,"sku":"9780813525341","price":38.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_1ac2f5af-11e8-4d2e-960b-330a841820ad.jpg?v=1685060551","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/for-the-love-of-pleasure-lauren-rabinovitz-9780813525341","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}