The Body in Hollywood Slapstick

Name: The Body in Hollywood Slapstick
Brand: McFarland
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By Alex Clayton

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Description

Because they rely heavily on physical comedy, many Hollywood slapstick films can be understood as comic meditations on the place and nature of the human body. Focusing on the works of Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton, Harold Lloyd, and Laurel and Hardy, among others, this book examines ways that the body represents or interacts with the mind, setting, voice and machines in slapstick films. Also covered are female performances in slapstick and brutality and suffering in the slapstick tradition.

Product details

Binding:

Paperback

Edition:

illustrated

Number of Pages:

238

Release Date:

2007-06-30

Publication Date:

2007-07-02

Publisher:

McFarland

Languages:

Original: English

ISBN10:

078643063X

ISBN13:

9780786430635

GPSR Manufacturer Reference:

[email protected]

Minimum Reading Age:

18

Weight:

351 g

Height:

152 cm

Width:

229 cm

Thickness:

13 cm

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