Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies, Twentieth-Century Actress
Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies is a paradox; a famous actress whose career spanned most of the twentieth century she is now largely forgotten. Drawing on material held in Ffrangcon-Davies's personal archive, Grime argues that the representation of the actress, on and off the stage, can be read in terms of its constructions of normative female behaviours.
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Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies, Twentieth-Century Actress
Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies is a paradox; a famous actress whose career spanned most of the twentieth century she is now largely forgotten. Drawing on material held in Ffrangcon-Davies's personal archive, Grime argues that the representation of the actress, on and off the stage, can be read in terms of its constructions of normative female behaviours.
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Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies, Twentieth-Century Actress

Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies, Twentieth-Century Actress

by Helen Grime
Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies, Twentieth-Century Actress

Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies, Twentieth-Century Actress

by Helen Grime

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Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies is a paradox; a famous actress whose career spanned most of the twentieth century she is now largely forgotten. Drawing on material held in Ffrangcon-Davies's personal archive, Grime argues that the representation of the actress, on and off the stage, can be read in terms of its constructions of normative female behaviours.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781138661981
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Publication date: 01/21/2016
Series: Dramatic Lives
Pages: 272
Product dimensions: 6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Stories and Myths; Chapter 2 Actresses and Femininity; Chapter 3 Sexuality and Discretion; Chapter 4 Archetypes and Epithets; Chapter 5 Industry and Diversity; Chapter 6 Pioneer and Purpose; Chapter 7 Associations and Ambition; Chapter 8 Resurrection and Legacy;
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