In the Realm of Pleasure: Von Sternberg, Dietrich, and the Masochistic Aesthetic by Gaylyn Studlar

In the Realm of Pleasure: Von Sternberg, Dietrich, and the Masochistic Aesthetic

Gaylyn Studlar

247 pages • first pub 1988 (editions)

nonfiction informative reflective medium-paced
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This textual analysis of the six Paramount films directed by Josef von Sternberg which starred Marlene Dietrich, probes the source of their visual and psychological complexity. It illustrates how masochism extends into the area of artistic form, l...

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