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The Wages of Sin: Censorship and the Fallen Woman Film, 1928-1942 (Wisconsin Studies in Film)
The Wages of Sin Censorship and the Fallen Woman Film 19281942 - Wisconsin Studies in Film
Author: Lea Jacobs
The story of the fallen woman was a staple of film melodrama in the late 20s and early 30s. In traditional versions of the plot a woman commits a sexual transgression, usually adultery. Expelled from the family, she becomes an outcast, often a prostitute, suffering various humiliations that usually culminate in her death. In more modern variants...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780299128845
ISBN-10: 0299128849
Pages: 192
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Publisher: Univ of Wisconsin Pr
Book Type: Paperback
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