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Weimar Slapstick and Hollywood Comedy Transformed.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Flaig, Paul, author.
- Series:
- World Cinema.
- World Cinema
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- History and criticism--United States.
- History and criticism.
- Motion pictures, American--History--Germany--20th century--Slapstick comedy films.
- Motion pictures, American.
- Slapstick comedy films.
- Germany--Civilization--American influences.
- Germany.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (404 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Distribution:
- London : Bloomsbury Publishing (UK), 2025.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2025.
- System Details:
- text file HTML
- Summary:
- A comprehensive reassessment of Weimar culture and Hollywood slapstick, cartoon, and screwball cinemas, highlighting the influence of American film comedies and their stars during Germany's Weimar Republic (1918-1933).
- Contents:
- Cover
- Half Title
- Series Page
- Title
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 The Tramp Re-functioned: On Brecht and Chaplin
- 2 A German (Jewish and Queer) Harold Lloyd: Curt Bois and the White-Collar Worker
- 3 "Dada Buster": Laughter, Technology, and Androgyny from the Great Stone Face to Weimar Culture
- 4 From Caligari to Mickey: Animation Aesthetics, the Comic Uncanny, and American Cartoon Humor Abroad
- 5 Felix the Psychotechnical Cat
- 6 Walter Benjamin versus Capracorn
- Coda
- Index.
- ISBN:
- 1-350-43918-5
- 1-350-43916-9
- OCLC:
- 1532829509
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