Transforming Faces for the Screen: Horror and Romance in the 1920s
Transforming Faces for the Screen: Horror and Romance in the 1920s
Transforming Faces for the Screen: Horror and Romance in the 1920s examines how two Hollywood stars of the 1920s reshaped their characters' faces on screen, drawing on research from both medical and film archives to trace the cultural impact of film and literature in relation to the discourse of plastic surgery of that era.
The book is organised so that each main chapter centres on a particular film, whether from Lon Chaney or Elinor Glyn, with illustrations of frames from the films to support close reading. This structure makes it suited to classroom use and online education, as readers can refer directly to the films being discussed.
Through close readings of three films of the 1920s, the authors show how these performers applied an embodied knowledge of surgery and surgical procedures to deepen their audience's emotional and intellectual understanding of the treatment of deformity and disability.
Key Features
| Format | EPUB |
| File size | 14.6 MB |
| Edition | 1 |
| Published year | 2023 |
| Language | English |
| ISBN | 978-3031400285, 9783031400292 |
| Publisher | Springer |
| Authors | Karen Randell, Alexis Weedon |
| Subject | Plastic Surgery |
| Product type | Medical book |
Highlights
- Draws on research from medical and film archives to examine the cultural impact of film and literature in relation to the discourse of plastic surgery in the 1920s.
- Each main chapter focuses on a particular film, whether from Lon Chaney or Elinor Glyn.
- Includes illustrations of frames from the films to support close reading.
- Suited to classroom use and online education, as readers can refer directly to the films discussed.
- Close readings of three films of the 1920s show how two Hollywood stars transformed their characters' faces on screen.
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