Feminites spectaculaires

Figures de l'actrice dans le roman francais et americain (1946-2013)

by Thibaut Casagrande

Book cover: Feminites spectaculaires

Extent: 755 pages

Publisher: Classiques Garnier

Subjects: American Studies, French Studies, Gender & Sexuality

Series: Perspectives comparatistes

Series volume number: 143, 22

Language: French

Paperback (Published)

(June 2024)

ISBN: 9782406165033

8.62 x 5.91 inches

Price: $66.00

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Hardback (Published)

(June 2024)

ISBN: 9782406165040

8.62 x 5.91 inches

Price: $123.00

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In the twentieth century, with the advent of cinema, the literary fortunes of actresses experienced a new upswing. Across a wide range of fictional texts, the figure of the female performer was used to question the casting of femininity as the “spectacular gender” (Judith Butler), as well as words, images, and identity, the latter a fragile montage of the self and its manifold reflections.

  • By (author) Thibaut Casagrande