Article Number: 3394
Soft Cover, German, Staple Binding, 208 Pages, 2008,
Soft Cover, German, Staple Binding, 208 Pages, 2008,
Claudia Preschl
Lachende Körper
Komikerinnen im Kino der 1910er Jahre
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Lachende Körper describes the variety of preposterous body-language and shows how anarchistic body-politics and rebellious strategies of Gender in Early Cinema can be decoded for today.
Claudia Preschl's study focusses on short comedies and comedy serials between 1910 and 1918 and is a contribution to the rediscovery of the early „other” cinema in which comediennes such "Rosalie", "Léa" or Asta Nielsen played a decisive part.