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Performing femininity : woman as performer in early Russian cinema
- Title
- Performing femininity : woman as performer in early Russian cinema / Rachel Morley.
- Author
- Morley, Rachel
- Publication
- London ; New York, NY : I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd, 2017.
- ©2017
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- Description
- xv, 288 pages : illustrations; 22 cm
- 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.
- Series Statement
- KINO: the Russian and Soviet cinema series
- Uniform Title
- KINO, the Russian and Soviet cinema series.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 260-273) and index.
- Filmography: pages 274-278.
- Call Number
- MFL 17-1349
- ISBN
- 9781784531591
- 1784531596
- OCLC
- 968326301
- Author
- Morley, Rachel, author.
- Title
- Performing femininity : woman as performer in early Russian cinema / Rachel Morley.
- Publisher
- London ; New York, NY : I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd, 2017.
- Copyright Date
- ©2017
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- KINO: the Russian and Soviet cinema seriesKINO, the Russian and Soviet cinema series.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 260-273) and index.Filmography: pages 274-278.
- Research Call Number
- MFL 17-1349