The Body in Hollywood Slapstick
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
Published: July 2, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 237
ISBN-13: 9780786430635
Subjects: Film theory & criticism; Performing Arts; Pop Arts / Pop Culture; Cinema/Film: Book; USA; Comedy; Film & Video - General; Art  / Performing Arts; Film & Video - History & Criticism; Body, Human, in motion pictures; Comedy films; History and criticism; United States
Description: "Many Hollywood slapstick films can be understood as comic meditations on the place and nature of the human body. Focusing on the works of Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton, Harold Lloyd, and Laurel and Hardy, among others, this book examines ways that the body represents or interacts with the mind, setting, voice and machines in slapstick films"--Provided by publisher.