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Performing femininity : woman as performer in early Russian cinema / Rachel Morley.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: Computer fileComputer fileLondon, England : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2019Edition: First editionDescription: 1 online resource (xv, 288 pages) : illustrationsISBN:
  • 9781350987487
Other title:
  • Woman as performer in early Russian cinema
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 791.430947 23
Online resources: 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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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.

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