Charlie Chaplin's Little Tramp in America, 1947-77

by Lisa Stein Haven

Book Overview

This book focuses on the re-invigoration of Charlie Chaplin's Little Tramp persona in America from the point at which Chaplin reached the acme of his disfavor in the States, promoted by the media, through his departure from America forever in 1952, and ending with his death in Switzerland in 1977. By considering factions of America as diverse as 8mm film collectors, Beat poets and writers and readers of Chaplin biographies, this cultural study...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 331982113X
• ISBN13: 9783319821139
• Release Date: June 2018
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 300 Pages
• Weight: 0.83 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.8" x 8.3"