{"product_id":"the-fun-factory-rob-king-9780520255388","title":"The Fun Factory: The Keystone Film Company and the Emergence of Mass Culture","description":"From its founding in 1912, the short-lived Keystone Film Company--home of the frantic, bumbling Kops and Mack Sennett's Bathing Beauties--made an indelible mark on American popular culture with its high-energy comic shorts. Even as Keystone brought \"lowbrow\" comic traditions to the screen, the studio played a key role in reformulating those traditions for a new, cross-class audience. In \u003ci\u003eThe Fun Factory, \u003c\/i\u003eRob King explores the dimensions of that process, arguing for a new understanding of working-class cultural practices within early cinematic mass culture. He shows how Keystone fashioned a style of film comedy from the roughhouse humor of cheap theater, pioneering modes of representation that satirized film industry attempts at uplift. Interdisciplinary in its approach, \u003ci\u003eThe Fun Factory \u003c\/i\u003eoffers a unique studio history that views the changing politics of early film culture through the sociology of laughter.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Rob King\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0520255380\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780520255388\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of California Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/10\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 376\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.02h x 6.00w x 0.95d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChronicle of Higher Education\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/09\/2009 pg. 17\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2009","brand":"Rob King","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44056215027967,"sku":"9780520255388","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_5f1db823-385d-4021-aad6-1cd670a82f5e.jpg?v=1685040132","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-fun-factory-rob-king-9780520255388","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}