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The Body in Hollywood Slapstick Alex Clayton
The Body in Hollywood Slapstick
Alex Clayton
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. It also covers female performances in slapstick and brutality and suffering in the slapstick tradition.
229 pages, photos, notes, bibliography, index
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | July 16, 2007 |
| ISBN13 | 9780786430635 |
| Publishers | McFarland & Co Inc |
| Pages | 237 |
| Dimensions | 230 × 155 × 15 mm · 372 g |
| Language | English |