UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS PRESS EXPORTING PERILOUS PAULINE 2013 RETAIL EBOOK-kE

TITLE: EXPORTING PERILOUS PAULINE: PEARL WHITE AND SERIAL
FILM CRAZE (WOMEN & FILM HISTORY INTERNATIONAL)
PUBLISHER: UNIVERSITY OF ILLINO LANGUAGE: ENGLISH
LINK: http://is.gd/8UuaPd RELEASE TYPE: RETAIL
FORMAT: PDF RELEASE DATE: 2015.01.28
ISBN: 9780252037689 STORE DATE: 2013
SAVED.MONEY: $85.00 DISKCOUNT: 01 x 05MB
AUTHOR: MARINA DAHLQUIST

BOOK

Exceptionally popular during their time, the spectacular American
action film serials of the 1910s featured exciting stunts, film
tricks, and effects set against the background of modern
technology, often starring resourceful female heroines who
displayed traditionally male qualities such as endurance
strength, and authority. The most renowned of these "serial
queens" was Pearl White, whose career as the adventurous
character Pauline developed during a transitional phase in the
medium's evolving production strategies, distribution and
advertising patterns, and fan culture. In this volume, an
international group of scholars explores how American serials
starring Pearl White and other female stars impacted the emerging
cinemas in the United States and abroad. Contributors investigate
the serial genre and its narrative patterns, marketing, and
cultural reception, and historiographic importance, with essays
on Pearl White's life on and off the screen as well as the
"serial queen" genre in Western and Eastern Europe, India, and
China. Contributors are Weihong Bao, Rudmer Canjels, Marina
Dahlquist, Monica Dall'Asta, Kevin B. Johnson, Christina
Petersen, and Rosie Thomas