"State on the Celluloid": Identity and the Film Industry in Arizona

abstract: This thesis explores the role of film industry boosterism in Arizona from 1911 to 2014; it argues that boosters consistently employed film as a promotional tool toward building state identity for Arizona. These boosters harnessed a variety of strategies catered specifically to a combinatio...

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Other Authors: Ehrfurth, Ryan Timothy (Author)
Format: Dissertation
Language:English
Published: 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.I.25908