{"product_id":"9781784531591","title":"Performing Femininity : Woman as Performer in Early Russian Cinema","description":"\u003cstrong\u003ePerforming Femininity\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Rachel Morley\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOriental 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.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e“Meticulously researched, elegantly written, and bristling with fascinating insights into pre-revolutionary Russian cinema and Russian women's history, Rachel Morley's excellent book joins the many seminal studies from I.B. Tauris's authoritative \u003ci\u003eKino\u003c\/i\u003e series ... Offers useful insights for scholars and students investigating Russian cultural history, film, and gender studies.” —\u003ci\u003eSlavic Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9781784531591\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"I.B. Tauris","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":40690209095886,"sku":"9781784531591","price":135.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9781784531591","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}