Description |
1 online resource (viii, 285 pages) |
Series |
Studies in theatre history and culture |
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Studies in theatre history and culture.
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Contents |
Introduction: adaptation studies and gender -- Story properties, women writers, and the inter-industrial complex of early twentieth-century adaptation -- The age of innocence, 1920: publication and romantic authorship -- The age of innocence, 1920/1924: screen adaptation and an author's reputation -- The age of innocence, 1926/1928: stage adaptation and multi-vocal authorship -- Show boat, 1926/1928: genre and gender in print and on screen -- Show boat, 1926/1927: musical genre and the Ziegfeld girl -- Show boat, 1927/1929: adapting for sound film -- Gentlemen prefer blondes, 1925/1926: fidelity and consumerist femininity in print and on stage -- Gentlemen prefer blondes, 1925/1928: faithfully (re)producing farce on screen -- Conclusion: modern resonances |
Summary |
"In Women Adapting, Bethany Wood examines how the developing preference for adaptations in early twentieth century entertainment promoted interrelationships among fiction, theatre, and film. Weaving together a broad range of archival sources, including personal correspondence, rejected rough drafts, advertisements, films, periodical illustrations, contracts, 'lost' songs, and film stills, Wood deftly explores how early-twentieth-century processes of adaptation forged connections across industries in entertainment. By centering her cross-disciplinary study on issues of gender, Wood considers how inter-industrial systems of adaptation affect both women writers and the female characters they create"-- Provided by publisher |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on May 14, 2019) |
Subject |
Film adaptations -- History and criticism
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Motion pictures and literature.
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American fiction -- Women authors -- Film adaptations
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American fiction -- 20th century -- Film adaptations
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Women and literature -- United States -- History -- 20th century
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PERFORMING ARTS -- Reference.
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PERFORMING ARTS -- General.
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American fiction -- Film adaptations
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Film adaptations
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Motion pictures and literature
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Women and literature
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United States
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Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History
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Form |
Electronic book
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LC no. |
2018055282 |
ISBN |
9781609386504 |
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1609386507 |
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