Vingtième Siècle. Revue d'histoire - Année 1995 - Volume 46 - Numéro 1 - Pages 143-154The spectator's place, Christian-Marc Bosséno The analysis of the diffïculties encountered by studies of movie audiences in the US and in Europe shows that the myths and preconceived ideas concerning the cinema's general public are to be replaced by research capable of differentiating between socio-cultural categories and historicizing the concept of the spectator. 12 pages Source : Persée ; Ministère de la jeunesse, de l’éducation nationale et de la recherche, Direction de l’enseignement supérieur, Sous-direction des bibliothèques et de la documentation.