The Dressing Room: Backstage Lives and American Film

by Desiree J. Garcia

A recurrent and popular setting in American cinema, the dressing room has captured the imaginations of filmmakers and audiences for over a century. In The Dressing Room: Backstage Lives and American Film, the only book-length study of the space, author Desir e J. Garcia explores how dressing rooms are dynamic realms in which a diverse cast of performers are made and exposed. Garcia analyzes the backstage film, which spans film history,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1978819250
• ISBN13: 9781978819252
• Release Date: January 2025
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Length: 198 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher