The Making of American Audiences. From stage to television, 1750

In this work, the author provides a comprehensive survey of Americam entertainment audiences from the colonial period to the present. Covering theather, mintrelsy, vaudeville, movies, radio and television, he examines the evolution of audiences as each genre supplanted another as the primary popular entertainment. Based on historical research, this volume exposes how audiences made themselves through their practices, and how they were made by contemporary discourses.