Performing femininity : woman as performer in early Russian cinema /

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Author / Creator:Morley, Rachel, author.
Imprint:London ; New York, NY : I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd, 2017.
©2017
Description:xv, 288 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language:English
Series:KINO: the Russian and Soviet cinema series
KINO, the Russian and Soviet cinema series.
Subject:Motion pictures -- Russia (Federation)
Women in motion pictures.
Motion pictures and women -- Russia.
Motion pictures.
Motion pictures and women.
Women in motion pictures.
Russia.
Russia (Federation)
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10944623
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ISBN:9781784531591
1784531596
9781786720580
9781786730589
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 260-273) and index.
Filmography: pages 274-278.
Summary:From Oriental dancers to ballerinas and opera singers, the figure of the female performer is ubiquitous in the cinema of pre-Revolutionary Russia. From Romashkov's Stenka Razin (1908), to Viskovsky's The Last Tango (1918), the female performer remains central. In this groundbreaking new study, Morley argues that early Russian film-makers used the character of the female performer to explore key contemporary concerns from changing conceptions of femininity and the emergence of the so-called New Woman, to broader questions concerning gender identity. Morley also reveals that the film-makers used this archetype of femininity to experiment and develop a unique cinematic language.

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Call Number: PN1993.5.R9 M55 2017
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