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Record Nr.

UNINA9910811698203321

Autore

Blaetz Robin <1955->

Titolo

Visions of the maid : Joan of Arc in American film and culture / / Robin Blaetz

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Charlottesville, : University Press of Virginia, c2001

ISBN

1-283-60422-1

0-8139-2195-3

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (303 p.)

Collana

Cultural frames, framing culture

Disciplina

791.43/651

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-248), filmography and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Cover -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 Joan of Arc in America, 1911-1920 -- 2 "Joan of Arc Saved France, Women of America Save Your Country": Cecil B. DeMille's Joan the Woman, 1916 -- 3 The Demise of Joan of Arc -- 4 Joan of Arc between the Wars -- 5 The War Years: Between Us Girls, Joan of Paris, and Joan of Ozark -- 6 The Return of the Maid: The Miracle of the Bells and Joan of Arc -- 7 Looking for Joan of Arc: Hedy Lamarr in The Story of Mankind and Jean Seberg in Saint Joan -- 8 Conclusions: The Vietnam War and Afterward -- Appendix: Visions of the Maid, 1429-1895 -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Filmography -- Index of Films -- A -- B -- C -- D -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- L -- M -- N -- P -- S -- V -- W -- Z -- Index of Subjects and Names -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.