Jason wrote:
>Also, I know that there is something written out there which examines the
>ways which African-American audiences tend to participate while watching
>films, but I can't remember the cite at all.
 
Though I don't recall a direct reference, Mary Carbine's work on Black-owned
and operated cinemas in Chicago in the 1920s is an illuminating work in that
area.  She write of the jazz bands that accompanied the silent films,
creating quite a different spectatorial experience altogether.
 
Chad Dell
Department of Communication Arts
University of Wisconsin-Madison
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