{"product_id":"9783030751050","title":"Silent Film Performance: Dramatic Bodies on Screen","description":"\u003ch1\u003eSilent Film Performance: Dramatic Bodies on Screen\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eGirelli, Elisabetta\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book provides a groundbreaking exploration of silent film performance. It combines close reading of silent screen acting with theoretically informed analysis, stressing the overlap between different performative arts, such as film and stage acting, dance, mime, and pantomime. The boundary between silent and sound films is also challenged. Anna Pavlova’s acting in \u003ci\u003eThe Dumb Girl of Portici\u003c\/i\u003e is read through Freud’s work on the uncanny, disability studies, and notions of intermediality. Vladimir Mayakovsky’s performance in \u003ci\u003eThe Young Lady and the Hooligan \u003c\/i\u003eis approached as a silent soliloquy and a representation of loneliness. Ivan Mozzhukhin’s tour de force in \u003ci\u003eThe Late Mathias Pascal\u003c\/i\u003e is discussed through a queer failure lens, while Pola Negri’s presence in \u003ci\u003eHotel Imperial\u003c\/i\u003e is analysed with the aid of texts on wartime anxiety. Harald Kreutzberg’s stunning number in \u003ci\u003eParacelsus\u003c\/i\u003e is examined in the light oftheories of mime and pantomime, arguing for its subversive potential in a Third Reich sound film.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Palgrave Pivot\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 2022-06-21\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9783030751050\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1007\/978-3-030-75103-6\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 210cm x148cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 112\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Springer International Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45385587032204,"sku":"9783030751050","price":71.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9783030751050.jpg?v=1776861973","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9783030751050","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}