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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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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London ; New York :
I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd,
2017.
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| Series: | KINO, the Russian and Soviet cinema series.
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| 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 filmmakers 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 filmmakers used this archetype of femininity to experiment and develop a unique cinematic language. |
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| Physical Description: | xv, 288 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references, filmography and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781784531591 1784531596 |