The Big Top on the Big Screen: Explorations of the Circus in Film

by Teresa Cutler-Broyles

Circuses and film are a natural pairing, and the new essays making up this volume begin the exploration of how these two forms of entertainment have often worked together to create a spectacle of onscreen alchemy. The films discussed herein are an eclectic group, ranging from early silent comedies to animated, 21st century examples, in which circuses serve as liminal or carnivalesque spaces wherein characters--and by extension audience members--can...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1476671184
• ISBN13: 9781476671185
• Release Date: January 2020
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 172 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.9" x 8.8"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher