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Barbara Stanwyck

Andrew Klevan · 2013

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"Barbara Stanwyck's illustrious career began in the 1920's and spanned sixty years. During that period she starred in major films of many genres and worked with some of the most distinguished Hollywood directors. Devoting each chaper to a significant quality of Stanwyck's performaces, Andrew Klevan foregrounds crucial scenes from her exemplary films, including Stella Dallas (19137), The lady Eve (1941), and Double Endemnity (1944). Through the lens of her achievement, Klevan examines the wider concerns of these films while revisiting classic topics from Film Studies - psychoanalysis, medium reflexivity, and the representation of female roles such as the 'sacrificial mother' and the 'femme fatale'. In paying close attention to the various aspects of Barbara Stanwyck's skilfully executed performaces, this book enhances familiar understandings and provides fresh illumination." --Back cover.

Book details

Year
2013
Language
English
Publisher
British Film Institute
Editions
1
Pages
145
ISBN
9781844576487

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