Cupboards of Curiosity: Women, Recollection, and Film History

by Amelie Hastie and Melie Hastie

Book Overview

In Cupboards of Curiosity Amelie Hastie rethinks female authorship within film history by expanding the historical archive to include dollhouses, scrapbooks, memoirs, cookbooks, and ephemera. Focusing on women who worked during the silent-film era, Hastie reveals how female stars, directors, and others appropriated personal or "domestic" cultural forms not only to publicize their own achievements but also to reflect on specific films and the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822336871
• ISBN13: 9780822336877
• Release Date: January 2007
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.3" x 9.2"