“Life Goes On without Me”: Marlene Dietrich, Old Age, and the Archive

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. Prelude
5. Introduction. Marlene Dietrich’s Appropriations 3
6. Falling in Love Again 25
7. I. THE ICON
8. Dietrich’s Face 43
9. The Legs of Marlene Dietrich 60
10. Marlene Dietrich: The Voice as Mask 79
11. II. ESTABLISHING THE STAR PERSONA
12. Playing Garbo: How Marlene Dietrich Conquered Hollywood 103
13. Seductive Departures of Marlene Dietrich: Exile and Stardom in The Blue Angel 119
14. The Blue Angel in Multiple-Language Versions: The Inner Thighs of Miss Dietrich 141
15. Marlene Dietrich in Blonde Venus: Advertising Dietrich in Seven Markets 162
16. Marlene Dietrich: The Prodigal Daughter 186
17. III. “MARLENE HAS SEX BUT NO GENDER”
18. Marlene Dietrich and the Erotics of Code-Bound Hollywood 211
19. “It’s Not Often That I Want a Man”: Reading for a Queer Marlene 239
20. Get/Away: Structure and Desire in Rancho Notorious 259
21. IV. (AUTO-) BIOGRAPHY AND THE ARCHIVE
22. The Order of Knowledge and Experience: Marlene Dietrich’s ABC 289
23. Dietrich Dearest: Family Memoir and the Fantasy of Origins 310
24. An Icon between the Fronts: Vilsmaier’s Recast Marlene 328
25. “Life Goes On without Me”: Marlene Dietrich, Old Age, and the Archive 347
26. Homage, Impersonation, and Magic: An Interview with James Beaman 364
27. “Is That Me?”: The Marlene Dietrich Collection Berlin 376
28. Bibliography 385
29. Contributors 401
30. Index 405