Comic Venus : Women and Comedy in American Silent Film /

"For many people the term 'silent comedy' conjures up images of Charlie Chaplin's Little Tramp, Buster Keaton's Stoneface, or Harold Lloyd hanging precariously from the side of a skyscraper. Even people who have never seen a silent film can recognize these comedians at a gla...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Wagner, Kristen Anderson (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Detroit : Wayne State University Press, [2018]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Stummfilm
Komödiantin
Filmkomödie
Women comedians.
Silent films.
Motion picture actors and actresses.
Comedy films.
Femmes comiques > États-Unis.
Films muets > États-Unis > Histoire et critique.
Films comiques > États-Unis > Histoire et critique.
Motion picture actors and actresses > United States.
Women comedians > United States.
Silent films > United States > History and criticism.
Comedy films > United States > History and criticism.
USA
United States.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • "Have women a sense of humor?"
  • "An inferiority complex in a one-piece bathing suit": beauty, femininity, and comedy
  • "Cupid lips and an ungodly appetite": sensuality, sexuality, and desire
  • "Ever on the move": modernity and the new woman
  • Conclusion.

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