Kino - The Russian And Soviet Cinema Performing Femininity Woman As Performer In Early Russian Cinema Hardcover

Oriental dancers ballerinas actresses and opera singers the figure of the female performer is ubiquitous in the cinema of pre-revolutionary russia. From the first feature film romashkov s stenka razin 1908 through the sophisticated melodramas of the 1910s to viskovsky s the last tango 1918 made shortly before the pre-revolutionary film industry was dismantled by the new soviet government the female performer remains central. In this groundbreaking new study rachel morley argues that early russian film-makers used the character of the female performer to explore key contemporary concerns from changing conceptions of femininity and the emergence of the so-called new woman to broader questions concerning gender identity. Morley also reveals that the film-makers repeatedly used this archetype of femininity to experiment with cinematic technology and develop a specific cinematic language.

Oriental dancers ballerinas actresses and opera singers the figure of the female performer is ubiquitous in the cinema of pre-revolutionary russia. From the first feature...show more