{"product_id":"damsels-and-divas-european-stardom-in-silent-hollywood-hardback-9781978806092","title":"Damsels and Divas; European Stardom in Silent Hollywood (Hardback) 9781978806092","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eDamsels and Divas\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eEuropean Stardom in Silent Hollywood\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eAgata Frymus (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781978806092\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 17 April 2020\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e244 pages, 23 B-W photographs, 7 color illustrations\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2 cm, 0.426 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\"Written with engaging clarity and scholarly vigour and founded on first-class archival research, \u003ci\u003eDamsels and Divas\u003c\/i\u003e is a hugely welcome addition to scholarship on Hollywood stardom in the 1920s. The book shines much-needed light on the extraordinary careers of European female stars Pola Negri, Vilma Bánky and Jetta Goudal as well as the discourses of ethnicity, gender and class that shaped the firmament in which they, as Frymus puts it, 'shone briefly, but very brightly'.\"\u003cbr\u003e  \u003c\/div\u003e— Michael Williams, author of Film Stardom and the Ancient Past\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eDamsels and Divas\u003c\/i\u003e ranks with the work of Richard Dyer and Jeanine Basinger as a valuable star study. Highly recommended.\"\u003c\/div\u003e— Choice\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eDamsels and Divas\u003c\/i\u003e carves out a space next to Paula Marantz Cohen's \u003ci\u003eSilent Stars\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eand the\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eTriumph of the American Myth\u003c\/i\u003e (2001) in regard to silent era stardom and its relationship to the national imaginary.\"\u003c\/div\u003e— Quarterly Review of Film and Video\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\"The immense amount of archival research Frymus has undertaken is evident throughout, along with the wonderful accompanying images, such as film stills, postcards, magazine articles and full-page colour photographs of magazine covers. Moreover, the vast range of notes supplementing each chapter is also impressive. A fascinating review study of similar but different European stars who worked during Hollywood's early years and is a welcome addition to the ever-expanding work on film stars and extrafilmic material.\"\u003c\/div\u003e— Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\"An excellent piece of film history, brilliantly researched and eloquently narrated, \u003ci\u003eDamsels and Divas \u003c\/i\u003eSheds new light on well-known figures, while bringing less familiar stars back into the spotlight. It engages with some of the most exciting scholarship about 1920s American cinema, the study of celebrity and representations of the female body, ethnicity and Europeanness.\"  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003c\/div\u003e— Andrew Higson, co-editor of Film Europe and Film America\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\"An engaging writing style [and a] varied and highly accessible choice of artefacts for analysis.\"\u003c\/div\u003e— Early Popular Visual Culture\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003ca href='\"https:\/\/anchor.fm\/the-junot-files\/episodes\/Lights--Camera--Author--26---Agata-Frymus-ecvpra\"'\u003eLights, Camera, Author! podcast interview with Agata Frymus\u003cbr\u003e https:\/\/anchor.fm\/the-junot-files\/episodes\/Lights--Camera--Author--26---Agata-Frymus-ecvpra\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e— Lights, Camera, Author!\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e2020 Best Early Career Research Monograph, Monash University Malaysia\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003ci\u003eDamsels and Divas\u003c\/i\u003e investigates the meanings of Europeanness in Hollywood during the 1920s by charting professional trajectories of three movie stars: Pola Negri, Vilma Bánky and Jetta Goudal. It combines the investigation of American fan magazines with the analysis of studio documents, and the examination of the narratives of their films, to develop a thorough understanding of the ways in which Negri, Bánky and Goudal were understood within the realm of their contemporary American culture. This discussion places their star personae in the context of whiteness, femininity and Americanization. Every age has its heroines, and they reveal a lot about prevailing attitudes towards women in their respective eras. In the United States, where the stories of rags-to-riches were especially potent, stars could offer models of successful cultural integration.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eContents\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 1 \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Pola Negri and Romance: \"Ah Love! It's Not for Me\"\u003cbr\u003e 2 \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Pola Negri as the Vamp: \"Temptatious Pola Assailed Picture Citadel by Storm\"\u003cbr\u003e 3 \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Vilma Bánky and Whiteness: \"The Almost Perfect Anglo-Saxon Type, More English Than the English\"\u003cbr\u003e 4 \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Vilma Bánky as the Leading Lady: \"Bedecked in Flowing Gowns . . . and Layers of Pearls and Jewels\"\u003cbr\u003e 5 \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Vilma Bánky and Marriage: \"My Mother Brought Me Up to Be a Wife\"\u003cbr\u003e 6 \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Jetta Goudal and Exoticism: \"She Looks Like a Beautiful Cossack. She Looks Like an Oriental Princess\"\u003cbr\u003e 7 \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Jetta Goudal and Mystery: \"A Riddle in the City of Eager Autobiographies\"\u003cbr\u003e 8 \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Jetta Goudal and Temperament: \"The Most Temperamental Actress\"\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Rutgers University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52638343823640,"sku":"9781978806092","price":123.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/damsels-and-divas-european-stardom-in-silent-hollywood-hardback-9781978806092","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}