Unique Doubles: Ornamental Sisters and Dual Roles in the Transitional Era Cinema

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OriginalspracheEnglisch
Seiten (von - bis)22-47
Seitenumfang26
FachzeitschriftJournal of Cinema and Media Studies
Jahrgang60
Ausgabenummer5
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - 24 Apr. 2021

Abstract

This paper investigates the representation of female family relations—particularly
constellations of sisterhood and of mothers and daughters—in
US-American
films of the 1910s against the backdrop of a larger aesthetics
of doubling. It addresses the close interaction of the cinema of the decade
with the variety stage and its predilection for synchronized and ornamental
arrangements and then moves on to reflect on the cinematic conventions of
double acts and dual roles in the context of the star system. It argues that by
enacting female relations as disturbing or delightful doubles, the entertainment
culture of the 1910s takes issue with the period’s conceptualization of
gender and sexuality.

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Unique Doubles: Ornamental Sisters and Dual Roles in the Transitional Era Cinema. / Mayer, Ruth.
in: Journal of Cinema and Media Studies, Jahrgang 60, Nr. 5, 24.04.2021, S. 22-47.

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Mayer R. Unique Doubles: Ornamental Sisters and Dual Roles in the Transitional Era Cinema. Journal of Cinema and Media Studies. 2021 Apr 24;60(5):22-47. doi: 10.1353/cj.2021.0018
Mayer, Ruth. / Unique Doubles: Ornamental Sisters and Dual Roles in the Transitional Era Cinema. in: Journal of Cinema and Media Studies. 2021 ; Jahrgang 60, Nr. 5. S. 22-47.
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