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Gaines, Jane, 1946-

Pink-slipped : what happened to the women in the silent film industries? / Jane M. Gaines. - 1 online resource. - Women and film history international . - Women and film history international. .

Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-295) and index.

Introduction: what Gertrude Stein wonders about historians -- What happened to women in the silent U.S. film industry? -- Where was Antonia Dickson? the peculiarity of historical time -- More fictions: did Alice Guy Blaché make La fée aux choux (The cabbage fairy)? -- Object lessons: the ideology of historical loss and restoration -- The melodrama theory of historical time -- Are they "just like us"? -- Working in the dream factory -- The world export of the "voice of the home" -- Conclusion: women made redundant.

ISBN: 9780252050480 epub 0252050487 hardcover : acid-free paper softcover : acid-free paper

Source: 22573/ctt212sjg3 JSTOR

LCCN: 2019718292

Subjects--Chronological Terms:
1900-1999

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Women in the motion picture industry--History--United States--20th century.
Silent films--History.--United States
Motion pictures and women--United States.
Femmes dans l'industrie cinématographique--Histoire--États-Unis--20e siècle.
Films muets--Histoire.--États-Unis
Cinéma et femmes--États-Unis.
PERFORMING ARTS--Reference.
PERFORMING ARTS--Film & Video--History & Criticism.
Motion pictures and women.
Silent films.
Women in the motion picture industry.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
United States.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
History.

LC Class. No.: PN1995.9.W6

Dewey Class. No.: 791.43/6522