Pink-slipped what happened to the women in the silent film industries? / Jane M. Gaines.

Author/creator Gaines, Jane, 1946-
Format Electronic
Publication InfoUrbana : University of Illinois Press, [2018]
Description306 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm.
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Subjects
Women in the motion picture industry--United States. --History. --20th century.
Silent films--United States. --History.
Motion pictures and women--United States.

SeriesWomen and film history international
Contents Introduction: what Gertrude Stein wonders about historians -- What happened to women in the silent U.S. film industry? -- Where was Antonia Dickson? the peculiarity of historical time -- More fictions: did Alice Guy Blaché make La fée aux choux (The cabbage fairy)? -- Object lessons: the ideology of historical loss and restoration -- The melodrama theory of historical time -- Are they "just like us"? -- Working in the dream factory -- The world export of the "voice of the home" -- Conclusion: women made redundant.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 257-295) and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2017042174
ISBN9780252041815 (hardcover : acid-free paper)
ISBN9780252083433 (softcover : acid-free paper)

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