Exporting Perilous Pauline : Pearl White and the serial film craze / edited by Marina Dahlquist.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Dahlquist, Marina.

Series:

Women and film history international.

Women and film history international

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

White, Pearl, 1889-1938.

White, Pearl.

Film serials--History and criticism.

Film serials.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (249 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Urbana, Ill. : University of Illinois Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The American action film serials of the 1910's featured exciting stunts, film tricks, and effects set against the background of modern technology, often starring resourceful female heroines who displayed traditionally male qualities such as endurance, strength, and authority. The most renowned of these "serial queens" was Pearl White, whose career as the adventurous character Pauline developed during a transitional phase in the medium. This collection of essays explores the serial genre and its narrative patterns, marketing, and cultural reception, and historiographic importance.

Contents:

Introduction: Why Pearl? / Marina Dahlquist

Changing views and perspectives: translating Pearl White's American adventures in wartime France / Rudmer Canjels

"The best-known woman in the world": Pearl White and the American serial film in Sweden / Marina Dahlquist

Pearl, the swift one, or the extraordinary adventures of Pearl White in France / Monica Dall'Asta

"The most assassinated woman in the world": Pearl White and the first avant-garde / Christina Petersen

Fascinations for the nation: American serial film, Czechoslovakia, and the afterlives of Pearl White / Kevin B. Johnson

Not quite (Pearl) White: fearless Nadia, queen of the stunts / Rosie Thomas

From Pearl White to White Rose Woo: tracing the vernacular body of Nüxia in Chinese silent cinema, 1927-1931 / Weihong Bao.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-252-07921-3

0-252-09494-8

OCLC:

867739972