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Spectres of slapstick & silent film comediennes: by Maggie Hennefeld, New York, NY, Columbia University Press, 2018, 358 pp., £24.00 (paperback), ISBN: 978-0-231-17947-8 This is an ambitious and commendable undertaking, requiring as Hennefeld herself puts it 'broader understanding of the relationship between feminist theory and comedy scholarship' (Hennefeld, 2018, 4). The second part of the book, Transitional Film Metamorphosis looks at female metamorphoses from the transitional silent film period, unpacking subjects about slapstick and female comedy, geopolitical concerns and less frequently discussed aspects of D. W. Griffith's authorship. [Extracted from the article] |
