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DANGEROUS BEAUTY: REPRESENTATION AND RECEPTION OF WOMEN IN THE FILMS OF EVGENII BAUER, 1913-1917
by
Michele Leigh Torre
A Dissertation Presented to the
FACULTY OF THE GRADUATE SCHOOL
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
In Partial Fulfillment of the
Requirements for the Degree
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY
(CRITICAL STUDIES)
May 2008
Copyright 2008 Michele Leigh Torre
Object Description
| Title | Dangerous beauty: representation and reception of women in the films of Evgenii Bauer, 1913-1917 |
| Author | Torre, Michele Leigh |
| Author email | lowery@usc.edu |
| Degree | Doctor of Philosophy |
| Document type | Dissertation |
| Degree program | Cinema-Television (Critical Studies) |
| School | School of Cinema-Television |
| Date defended/completed | 2007-12-18 |
| Date submitted | 2008 |
| Restricted until | Unrestricted |
| Date published | 2008-02-14 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Kinder, Marsha |
| Advisor (committee member) |
McPherson, Tara Bowlt, John |
| Abstract | My work on Russian Silent film offers an in-depth exploration of a Pre-Revolutionary filmmaker frequently referred to as "The Woman's Director" Evgenii Bauer. In my dissertation, I analyze Bauer's particular status as a "Woman's Director" and provide a historical analysis of female representation in Russian silent film. Alongside this, I explore the implications these representations held for women of the time, expanding our current understanding of how women envisioned themselves during this tumultuous period. My dissertation adds to a growing body of scholarship on women at the turn of the last century.; This work unpacks how contemporary journals positioned Evgenii Bauer's films in contemporary culture, and how Russian spectators, especially women, were invited and encouraged to understand Bauer's films. In particular, I analyze the significance of the Khanzhankov Studios' journal Pegasus, a fan magazine published during the height of Bauer's career. This analysis of the journal and Bauer's films examines depictions of women in urban, metropolitan environments, as these places were Meccas for female migration, employment, earning, culture and change. The dangers, allures and opportunities of the modern city had to be navigated and negotiated by a new kind of woman, one who broke the molds of tradition, who was resourceful, and who wanted more from life than the daily struggle for basic needs.; In my analysis of the films of Evgenii Bauer, I demonstrate that the various aspects of Bauer's films and his career, including his use of melodrama, combined specifically with visual elements that replicate aspects of modernity and create a sense of ambiguity about changing gender roles. Bauer's use of modern urban spaces illustrates the possibilities and potential power of women in Russia. My dissertation illustrates that the ambiguity that Bauer created in his films regarding gender issues allowed for multiple readings from his viewers. My work changes our current understanding of how women were represented and how women envisioned themselves during years preceding the Revolution. |
| Keyword | Russia; gender studies; silent film |
| Geographic subject (country) | Russia |
| Coverage date | 1913/1917 |
| Language | English |
| Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
| Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m1016 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Rights | Torre, Michele Leigh |
| Repository name | Libraries, University of Southern California |
| Repository address | Los Angeles, California |
| Repository email | http://www.usc.edu/isd/libraries/services/ask_a_librarian/email/ |
| Filename | etd-Torre-20080214 |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume35/etd-Torre-20080214.pdf |
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| Title | Page 1 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Full text | DANGEROUS BEAUTY: REPRESENTATION AND RECEPTION OF WOMEN IN THE FILMS OF EVGENII BAUER, 1913-1917 by Michele Leigh Torre A Dissertation Presented to the FACULTY OF THE GRADUATE SCHOOL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY (CRITICAL STUDIES) May 2008 Copyright 2008 Michele Leigh Torre |
