5. Social Class, Experiences of Distinction and Cinema in Postwar Ghent
- Richard Maltby2,
- Daniel Biltereyst3,
- Philippe Meers4
Published Online: 20 APR 2011
DOI: 10.1002/9781444396416.ch5
Copyright © 2011 Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
Book Title
Explorations in New Cinema History: Approaches and Case Studies
Additional Information
How to Cite
Biltereyst, D., Meers, P. and Van de Vijver, L. (2011) Social Class, Experiences of Distinction and Cinema in Postwar Ghent, in Explorations in New Cinema History: Approaches and Case Studies (eds R. Maltby, D. Biltereyst and P. Meers), Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford, UK. doi: 10.1002/9781444396416.ch5
Editor Information
- 2
Flinders University, South Australia
- 3
Department of Communication Studies, Ghent University, Belgium
- 4
University of Antwerp, Belgium
Publication History
- Published Online: 20 APR 2011
- Published Print: 8 APR 2011
ISBN Information
Print ISBN: 9781405199490
Online ISBN: 9781444396416
- Summary
- Chapter
- References
Keywords:
- distribution, programming and audiences - social class, distinction, cinema in postwar Ghent;
- question of class distinction and differentiation - historical cinema audiences and film exhibition;
- social class, pillars and cinema - Ghent socialists, cinema into leisure activities, in 1908;
- Belgian socialist movement appeal - anti-Christian and anti-establishment, Catholics and problems of labour;
- ‘pillarisation’ and traditional class conflicts - Catholics and socialists, attracting masses;
- spaces of distinction, Belgian film exhibition - questions unanswered, ‘Enlightened City’ research project;
- Ghent film market, city centre cinemas and film venues - belt of working-class city districts;
- experiences of distinction - ‘Enlightened City’ project, cinema-going in Flanders, 1930s to 1970s;
- people, and distinction between cinemas - programming differences, as genre and language;
- postwar Belgian society, ideological and religious lines - pillarisation and class conflicts intermingled
Summary
This chapter contains sections titled:
Social Class, Pillars, Cinema
Spaces of Distinction
Distinction on the Screen
Experiences of Distinction
Conclusion
References