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Postscript: Haunted Laughter at Late Comediennes
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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents vii
- Illustrations ix
- Acknowledgments xiii
- Introduction 1
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Part 1. Early Film Combustion
- 1. Early Cinema and the Comedy of Female Catastrophe 31
- 2. Female Combustion and Feminist Film Historiography 54
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Part 2. Transitional Film Metamorphosis
- 3. Slapstick Comediennes in Transitional Cinema: Between Body and Medium 85
- 4. The Geopolitics of Transitional Film Comedy: American Vitagraph Versus French Pathé-Frerès 111
- 5. D. W. Griffith’s Slapstick Comediennes: Female Corporeality and Narrative Film Storytelling 143
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Part 3. Feminist Slapstick Politics
- 6. Film Comedy Aesthetics and Suffragette Social Politics 173
- 7. Radical Militancy and Slapstick Political Violence 211
- Postscript: Haunted Laughter at Late Comediennes 233
- Annotated Filmography 239
- Notes 277
- Bibliography 307
- Index 319
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents vii
- Illustrations ix
- Acknowledgments xiii
- Introduction 1
-
Part 1. Early Film Combustion
- 1. Early Cinema and the Comedy of Female Catastrophe 31
- 2. Female Combustion and Feminist Film Historiography 54
-
Part 2. Transitional Film Metamorphosis
- 3. Slapstick Comediennes in Transitional Cinema: Between Body and Medium 85
- 4. The Geopolitics of Transitional Film Comedy: American Vitagraph Versus French Pathé-Frerès 111
- 5. D. W. Griffith’s Slapstick Comediennes: Female Corporeality and Narrative Film Storytelling 143
-
Part 3. Feminist Slapstick Politics
- 6. Film Comedy Aesthetics and Suffragette Social Politics 173
- 7. Radical Militancy and Slapstick Political Violence 211
- Postscript: Haunted Laughter at Late Comediennes 233
- Annotated Filmography 239
- Notes 277
- Bibliography 307
- Index 319