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2020 Best Early Career Research Monograph, Monash University Malaysia
Damsels and Divas investigates the meanings of Europeanness in Hollywood during the 1920s by charting professional trajectories of three movie stars: Pola Negri, Vilma Bánky and Jetta Goudal. It combines the investigation of American fan magazines with the analysis of studio documents, and the examination of the narratives of their films, to develop a thorough understanding of the ways in which Negri, Bánky and Goudal were understood within the realm of their contemporary American culture. This discussion places their star personae in the context of whiteness, femininity and Americanization. Every age has its heroines, and they reveal a lot about prevailing attitudes towards women in their respective eras. In the United States, where the stories of rags-to-riches were especially potent, stars could offer models of successful cultural integration.
Editions of Damsels and Divas
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- ISBN 9781978806092
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- ISBN 9781978806085
- EBook
- ISBN 9781978806115
- EBook
- ISBN 9781978806108
- PDF
- ISBN 9781978806122
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2020 Best Early Career Research Monograph, Monash University Malaysia
Damsels and Divas investigates the meanings of Europeanness in Hollywood during the 1920s by charting professional trajectories of three movie stars: Pola Negri, Vilma Bánky and Jetta Goudal. It combines the investigation of American fan magazines with the analysis of studio documents, and the examination of the narratives of their films, to develop a thorough understanding of the ways in which Negri, Bánky and Goudal were understood within the realm of their contemporary American culture. This discussion places their star personae in the context of whiteness, femininity and Americanization. Every age has its heroines, and they reveal a lot about prevailing attitudes towards women in their respective eras. In the United States, where the stories of rags-to-riches were especially potent, stars could offer models of successful cultural integration.
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2020 Best Early Career Research Monograph, Monash University Malaysia
Damsels and Divas investigates the meanings of Europeanness in Hollywood during the 1920s by charting professional trajectories of three movie stars: Pola Negri, Vilma Bánky and Jetta Goudal. It combines the investigation of American fan magazines with the analysis of studio documents, and the examination of the narratives of their films, to develop a thorough understanding of the ways in which Negri, Bánky and Goudal were understood within the realm of their contemporary American culture. This discussion places their star personae in the context of whiteness, femininity and Americanization. Every age has its heroines, and they reveal a lot about prevailing attitudes towards women in their respective eras. In the United States, where the stories of rags-to-riches were especially potent, stars could offer models of successful cultural integration.
What core themes, tropes, or subjects are explored in Damsels and Divas?
The Arts > Performing arts > Films, cinema > Film history, theory or criticism
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Who is/are the Author/s of the book Damsels and Divas?
Agata Frymus
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Damsels and Divas is available as hardcover(ISBN 9781978806092) and paperback(ISBN 9781978806085) and ebook(ISBN 9781978806115) and ebook(ISBN 9781978806108) and pdf(ISBN 9781978806122)
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