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050 00 $aPN1995.9.C55$bH46 2018
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100 1 $aHennefeld, Maggie,$d1984-$eauthor.
245 10 $aSpecters of slapstick and silent film comediennes /$cMaggie Hennefeld.
263 $a1812
264 1 $aNew York :$bColumbia University Press,$c[2018]
300 $a358 pages :$billustrations ;$c24 cm.
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
490 1 $aFilm and culture
520 $a"In Specters of Slapstick, Hennefeld focuses on silent film comediennes and the function of the female body in early slapstick. Laughter is a kind of grating against the absurdity of society, argues Hennefeld. But while male bodies in slapstick tried to violently fight or "escape" their surroundings--slipping on a banana peel and falling, for example--female bodies exhibited a fluidity that reflected an attempt to morph into their changing surroundings. In one slapstick film, a maid humorously cuts off her limbs in order to finish all her household chores in time. In others, women transform into fairies or spiders; all underscore an attempt to assimilate their bodies to the demands of changing environments. This eradicates the traditional opposition between performer and audience, making the "laughing spectator" a more active part of the film experience. As Hennefeld analyzes early slapstick film historiography in light of this theory, she examines larger themes like the evolution of gender, the body, and their place in cinematic comedy"--$cProvided by publisher.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references.
505 0 $aEarly cinema and the comedy of the female catastrophe -- Female combustion and feminist film historiography -- Slapstick comediennes in transitional cinema: between body and medium -- The geopolitics of the transition film comedy: American Vitagraph versus French Pathé frères -- D.W. Griffith's slapstick comediennes: female corporeality and narrative film storytelling -- Film comedy aesthetics and suffrategette social politics -- Radical militancy and slapstick and slapstick political violence.
650 0 $aComedy films$xHistory and criticism.
650 0 $aSilent films$xHistory and criticism.
650 0 $aWomen comedians.
650 0 $aWomen in motion pictures.
650 0 $aHuman body in motion pictures.
650 0 $aSex role in motion pictures.
650 7 $aComedy films.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst00869095
650 7 $aHuman body in motion pictures.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01899764
650 7 $aSex role in motion pictures.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01114654
650 7 $aSilent films.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01118542
650 7 $aWomen comedians.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01177507
650 7 $aWomen in motion pictures.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01177931
655 7 $aCriticism, interpretation, etc.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01411635
830 0 $aFilm and culture.
852 00 $bglx$hPN1995.9.C55$iH46 2018
852 00 $bbar$hPN1995.9.C55$iH46 2018