Specters of Slapstick and Silent Film Comediennes

by Maggie Hennefeld

Book Overview

Women explode out of chimneys and melt when sprayed with soda water. Feminist activists play practical jokes to lobby for voting rights, while overworked kitchen maids dismember their limbs to finish their chores on time. In early slapstick films with titles such as Saucy Sue, Mary Jane's Mishap, Jane on Strike, and The Consequences of Feminism, comediennes exhibit the tensions between joyful laughter and gendered...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231179472
• ISBN13: 9780231179478
• Release Date: March 2018
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.32 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.9" x 9.0"