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Joan Nicks

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Description:Joan Nicks is a retired associate professor of film studies at Brock University, who has become a major historian of local history in Niagara."Disappearing Motels" explores a small border city through the historical lens of travel, local motel development, and exploitation of Niagara's famous falls as a visual tool in tourism branding, literature, and movies, with emphasis on the film "Niagara," location shooting, and Marilyn Monroe's persona as screen star, pinup, and paradigm of blondness imitated.Includes a postcard package of photographs printed as Part Five of "Disappearing Motels" - "Photo Journal: Niagara Falls Motel Scene" by Oliver Pauk and Zack Slootsky.Companion volume to "Lost Movie Theatres, Niagara Falls, Ontario: Movie-Going in a Cross-Border City."We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Disappearing Motels, Niagara Falls, Ontario: Cultural Decline of a Post-War Travel Icon. To get started finding Disappearing Motels, Niagara Falls, Ontario: Cultural Decline of a Post-War Travel Icon, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 319

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: Niagara Artists Centre

Release: 2022

ISBN: 0978446429

Description: Joan Nicks is a retired associate professor of film studies at Brock University, who has become a major historian of local history in Niagara."Disappearing Motels" explores a small border city through the historical lens of travel, local motel development, and exploitation of Niagara's famous falls as a visual tool in tourism branding, literature, and movies, with emphasis on the film "Niagara," location shooting, and Marilyn Monroe's persona as screen star, pinup, and paradigm of blondness imitated.Includes a postcard package of photographs printed as Part Five of "Disappearing Motels" - "Photo Journal: Niagara Falls Motel Scene" by Oliver Pauk and Zack Slootsky.Companion volume to "Lost Movie Theatres, Niagara Falls, Ontario: Movie-Going in a Cross-Border City."We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Disappearing Motels, Niagara Falls, Ontario: Cultural Decline of a Post-War Travel Icon. To get started finding Disappearing Motels, Niagara Falls, Ontario: Cultural Decline of a Post-War Travel Icon, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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