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Rhetoric in film: a cultural semiotical study of Greta Garbo in "Ninotchka".

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Summary, in English

The essay shows how the interplay between Garbo's off screen and on screen personas were used in the making of "Ninotchka" (1939), and how the film, directed by Ernst Lubitsch, connected to contemporary social and cultural norms focusing on the understanding of gender types.

Publishing year

2006

Language

English

Pages

52-61

Publication/Series

Film International

Volume

4

Issue

5

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

Intellect Ltd.

Topic

  • Languages and Literature

Keywords

  • Cultural semiotics
  • Film semiotics
  • gender.

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 1651-6826