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Enchanting Kinora: Domesticating Moving Images in Edwardian Britain

Contributor(s): Evans, Elizabeth (Author), Chapman, Llewella (Editor)

ISBN: 9781839026935

Publisher: British Film Institute

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Pub Date: September 17, 2026

Dewey: 741.58

LCCN: 2024018807

Lexile Code: 0000

Features: Bibliography, Index

Target Age Group: NA to NA

Physical Info: 1.00" H x 9.21" L x 6.14" W ( 1.00 lbs) 256 pages

Series: Audio-Visual Media and Archives: Histories, Theories and Practices

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Description: An exploration of the Kinora, one of the earliest examples of an amateur filmmaking device, highlighting its significance to early 20th century moving image culture.

Brief description: Elizabeth Evans is Professor of Screen Cultures at the University of Nottingham, UK. She is author of Understanding Engagement in Transmedia Culture (2020) and Tansmedia Television (2011).

Review Quotes:

"The book shines a light on the Kinora - a dazzling forgotten early moving image technology marketed for domestic use - through a never-before publicly seen collection of reels preserved by the author's own family." --Mario Slugan, Queen Mary University of London, UK

"Fundamentally sound, this is a book that opens new pathways for exploration in early cinema work." --Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television

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