The Dialectics of Contrast and Continuity in the Films of Humphrey Bogart

In this article I have the following principle aims: first to demonstrate the intertextuality of the film roles of Humphrey Bogart during the decades of the 1930s to the 1950s; second, to show how the transformation of persona in film roles relates to changes in the social and cultural environment o...

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Published inVisual anthropology (Journal) Vol. 22; no. 1; pp. 20 - 29
Main Author Izmirlian, Harry
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Abingdon Taylor & Francis Group 2009
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Subjects
20th century
Actors
American culture
Anthropology
Bogart, Humphrey
Cinema
Dialectics
Film history
Intertextuality
Motion pictures
Otherness
Social change
Transformation
Visual anthropology
Visual culture
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Summary:In this article I have the following principle aims: first to demonstrate the intertextuality of the film roles of Humphrey Bogart during the decades of the 1930s to the 1950s; second, to show how the transformation of persona in film roles relates to changes in the social and cultural environment of that period; and finally, as an outcome of this examination, I consider the dialectic of contrast and continuity in terms of how it provides an understanding of "otherness."
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ISSN:0894-9468
1545-5920
DOI:10.1080/08949460802525751