Vanishing Women: Magic, Film, and Feminism

Vanishing Women: Magic, Film, and Feminism

by Karen Redrobe (Author)

Synopsis

With the help of mirrors, trap doors, elevators, photographs, and film, women vanish and return in increasingly spectacular ways throughout the centuries. The author tracks the proliferation of this figure, the vanishing woman, from her genesis in Victorian stage magic through her development in conjunction with photography and film.

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Format: Illustrated
Pages: 256
Edition: Illustrated
Publisher: Duke University Press Books
Published: 01 May 2003

ISBN 10: 0822330741
ISBN 13: 9780822330745