Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies, twentieth-century actress [[electronic resource] /] / by Helen Grime

• Autore: Grime Helen
• Pubblicazione: London, : Pickering & Chatto, 2013
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: ix, 255 p. : ill., ports
• Disciplina: 792.028092
• Soggetto topico: Actors - Great Britain; Theater - History - 20th century
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Acknowledgements -- List of Figures and Tables -- 1. Stories and Myths -- 2. Actresses and Femininity -- 3. Sexuality and Discretion -- 4. Archetypes and Epithets -- 5. Industry and Diversity -- 6. Pioneer and Purpose -- 7. Associations and Ambition -- 8. Resurrection and Legacy -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index.
• Sommario/riassunto: Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies is a paradox; a famous actress whose career spanned most of the twentieth century, she is now largely forgotten. Her personal story is a journey through a social and cultural landscape in which what it meant to be a woman, an actress and a lesbian shifted enormously. Drawing on material held in Ffrangcon-Davies's personal archive, Grime demonstrates how the career of Ffrangcon-Davies, on and off the stage, can be read against the grain of its apparent conventionality. This book reveals a skilled navigator of social and professional networks who excelled in playing with notions of identity and confounded society's expectations, finally defying all attempts at reductive categorization.
• Titolo autorizzato: Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies, twentieth-century actress
• ISBN: 1-317-32094-8; 1-84893-320-7; 1-317-32095-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910453119603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Dramatic lives ; ; 3.