Performing femininity : woman as performer in early Russian cinema /
Morley, Rachel,
Performing femininity : woman as performer in early Russian cinema / Woman as performer in early Russian cinema Rachel Morley. - First edition. - London, England : I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd, 2016. - 1 online resource (xv, 288 pages) : illustrations.
Filmography: pages 274-278. Includes bibliographical references (pages 260-273) and index.
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.
9781350987487
Motion pictures and women--Russia.
Motion pictures--Russia (Federation)
Women in motion pictures.
791.430947
Performing femininity : woman as performer in early Russian cinema / Woman as performer in early Russian cinema Rachel Morley. - First edition. - London, England : I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd, 2016. - 1 online resource (xv, 288 pages) : illustrations.
Filmography: pages 274-278. Includes bibliographical references (pages 260-273) and index.
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.
9781350987487
Motion pictures and women--Russia.
Motion pictures--Russia (Federation)
Women in motion pictures.
791.430947