The Drive-In

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Guy Barefoot's The Drive-In is a crucial addition not only to scholarship on American film exhibition, but also to the entire field of Film Studies. Rigorously researched and accessibly written, the book will serve as the major work on drive-in theaters for many years to come. * Gary D. Rhodes, Professor of Media Production, Oklahoma Baptist University, USA, and editor of Horror at the Drive-In (2008) * The drive-in movie theatre occupies an iconic position in the history of American cinema. In this hugely engaging and informative account, Guy Barefoot goes beyond our popular conception of the drive-in to examine its history and its role in American cultural identity since the 1950s. This is an exceptional and much-needed addition to cinema scholarship, which combines a meticulously researched focus on locations, economics and audiences, with an exploration of the ways in which the popular meaning of the drive-in theatre has been constructed across the arts. * James Russell, Deputy Dean for Computing, Engineering and Media, De Montfort University, UK * We've long known Guy Barefoot to be a fine historian of film and culture, but The Drive-In might be his best work yet. This is an engaging and rigorous example of scholarship, which explores the drive-in phenomenon in the US in the 1950s, addressing the geographic spread of outdoor cinemas, their owners, their diverse entertainment programmes, those who frequented them and their symbolism then and since. This is a fabulous book that deserves the attention of anyone interested in the cultural history of cinema and its institutions. * Johnny Walker, Associate Professor in the Department of Arts, Northumbria University, UK *