Film Preservation: Competing Definitions of Value, Use, and Practice

Synopsis

An Introduction To The Field Of Film Preservation In The United States -- Birth And Development Of Film Archives And The Film Preservation Movement -- The Economics Of Film Preservation -- Film Archives As Cultural Institutions -- The Social Economy Of Film Preservation: Implementing A Bourdieuvian Framework -- Documenting The Process Of Film Preservation -- The Definition Of Preservation -- Power And Authority In Film Preservation -- Evolution Of The Field Of Moving Image Archiving -- A Case Study In Archival Ethnography -- Genealogy Of Hollywood Studios And Disposition Of Film Libraries -- Evolving Definitions Of Preservation, Conservation, And Restoration. Karen F. Gracy. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [265]-276) And Index.