About the Author

The editor: Robert C. Allen is James Logan Godfrey Professor of American Studies, and Associate Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is the author of Horrible Prettiness: Burlesque and American Culture and Speaking of Soap Operas, co-author with Douglas Gomery of Film History: Theory and Practice, and editor of Channels of Discourse and Channels of Discourse, Reassembled.