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

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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, language and the production of pleasure.

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Columbia University Press
0231082339 / 9780231082334
Paperback / softback
23/02/1993
United States
English
247 pages : illustrations (black and white)
23 cm
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