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Sto caricando le informazioni... Go West, Young Women!: The Rise of Early Hollywooddi Hilary Hallett
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 In this intelligent, thoughtful and well-written study, Hilary A. Hallett focuses on women working in early Hollywood to interrogate dominant narratives about US cinema's masculine origins and cultural significance. In the process she revises the history of the American West, reconsidering how it generated modern feminine archetypes (such as the New Woman) more typically associated with the urban centres of Europe or northeastern America. Premi e riconoscimenti
In the early part of the twentieth century, migrants made their way from rural homes to cities in record numbers and many traveled west. Los Angeles became a destination. Women flocked to the growing town to join the film industry as workers and spectators, creating a "New Woman." Their efforts transformed filmmaking from a marginal business to a cosmopolitan, glamorous, and bohemian one. By 1920, Los Angeles had become the only western city where women outnumbered men. In Go West, Young Women, Hilary A. Hallett explores these relatively unknown new western women and their role in the development of Los Angeles and the nascent film industry. From Mary Pickford's rise to become perhaps the most powerful woman of her age, to the racist moral panics of the post-World War I years that culminated in Hollywood's first sex scandal, Hallett describes how the path through early Hollywood presaged the struggles over modern gender roles that animated the century to come. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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So much has been lost in regards to the history of silent movies in America. Many movies have not survived, and knowledge has been lost as well. The simple fact is, in 1920, Los Angeles was the only major city where women outnumbered men in the west. These were New Women of the era, women trying to survive. It's estimated that over half of early movie scenarists (that's what they were called rather than screenwriters) were women. Many early movie stars were women as well. Mary Pickford, is of course, the best example (actress, producer, founder of United Artists, savvy businesswomen) but she was one of many. While many Jewish men were studio heads, Jewish women also thrived as actresses.
The end of the Great War--and the devastation of the French and German film industries--secured Hollywood's place as the film capital of the world. The existing order did not approve of the new independence of women, however. As the 1920s began, hate groups escalated. Immigration from perceived "lesser" nations to America was stopped, and the KKK experienced a revival that opposed Catholics, Jews, and New Women. Along with major church groups, they argued that if women left the home, white society would be destroyed. Movies were considered a major instigators, inspiring women to be adventurous and independent. The Fatty Arbuckle case--and the character assassination of the victim, Ms. Rappe--only proved their point. Independent women were fallen women. Therefore, as federal censorship began and the Hays Code kicked in, depictions of women also changed as well.
If you have any interest in women in Hollywood in this era, work through this book. It's not always an easy read, but it's still a fascinating one... and a sad one as well, as we're only repeating history when it comes to the rights of women and immigrants. A century has passed, yet so little has changed. (