Refocusing Chaplin : a screen icon through critical lenses

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Refocusing Chaplin : a screen icon through critical lenses

edited by Lawrence Howe, James E. Caron, and Benjamin Click

Scarecrow Press, 2013

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-220) and index

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内容説明

Widely recognized in his character of the Tramp, Charlie Chaplin transcended the role of actor to become screenwriter, director, composer, producer, and finally studio head. The subject of numerous biographical studies, Chaplin has been examined as both myth and man, but these treatments fail to adequately address the often-overlooked complexity of his filmmaking. Refocusing Chaplin: A Screen Icon through Critical Lenses features essays that examine the actor and director through various theoretical perspectives-including Marxism, feminism, gender studies, deconstruction, psychoanalytic criticism, new historicism, performance studies, and cultural criticism. Complementing this range of intellectual inquiry is the wide reach of films discussed, from The Circus (1928), The Gold Rush (1925), and City Lights (1931) to Modern Times (1936), The Great Dictator (1940), Monsieur Verdoux (1947), and Limelight (1952). Shorter films, such as "The Pawnshop" (1916), "The Rink" (1916), and "A Dog's Life" (1918) are also examined. These essays analyze the tensions between the carefully constructed worlds of Chaplin's films and their cultural contexts. The varied approaches and range of materials in this volume not only comprehensively assess the screen icon but also foster a conversation that exemplifies the best of intellectual exchange. Refocusing Chaplin provides a unique view into the work of one of cinema's most important and influential artists.

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Preface: Why Refocus Chaplin? Lawrence Howe, James E. Caron, and Benjamin Click Acknowledgements Introduction: The Persisting Appeal of Chaplin and Charlie Charles Maland Chapter 1: Chaplin's "Charlie" as Merleau-Ponty's Phenomenological Everyman or, How Bodily Intelligence Manifests the Personae, Styles, and Fable of Slapstick James E. Caron Chapter 2: Chaplin and the Static Image: A Barthesian Analysis of the Visual in My Trip Abroad and "A Comedian Sees the World" Lisa Stein Haven Chapter 3: A Heart of Gold: Charlie and the Dance Hall Girls Cynthia J. Miller Chapter 4: American Masculinity and The Gendered Humor of Chaplin's Little Tramp Lawrence Howe Chapter 5: In the Shadow of Machines: Modern Times and the Iconography of Technology A. Bowdoin Van Riper Chapter 6: Deconstruction and the Tramp: Marxism, Capitalism, and the Trace Randall Gann Chapter 7: Chaplin's Presence Rachel Joseph Chapter 8: The Paradox of the "Dictactor": Mimesis, Logic of Paradox, and the Reinstatement of Catharsis in The Great Dictator, Monsieur Verdoux, and Limelight Marco Grosoli Chapter 9: Charles Chaplin Sings a Silent Requiem: Chaplin's Films from 1928-1952 as Cinematic Statement on the Transition from Silent Cinema to the Talkies Aner Preminger Chapter 10: Chaplin's Sound Statement on Silence: The Great Dictator as Rhetorical Encomium Benjamin Click Bibliography Index About the Contributors About the Editors

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