Performing femininity : woman as performer in early Russian cinema /

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 st...

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Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Morley, Rachel (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	London ; New York : I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd, 2017.
Series:	KINO, the Russian and Soviet cinema series.
Subjects:	Motion pictures > Russia (Federation) Women in motion pictures. Motion pictures and women > Russia.