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We are organizing for the American Historical Association Conference in Washington DC, Jan. 2-5. Our panel, "Contested Spaces: Gender and the Geography of Early American Cinema" will examine issues of gender and the moving pictures in regard to the built environment, place, architecture, and representational space. Currently, we are looking for a third panelist.
The panel will be chaired by Hilary Hallett, Ph.D. (Columbia University). One of the papers examines the role of traveling black women film exhibitors in making claims to urban space, 1900-1910. Another panelist will consider the relationship between New York City, entertainment spaces and performances, and the fight for woman's suffrage from 1910-1917. Kathy Peiss will comment on the papers.
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