{"product_id":"ululu-clown-shrapnel-9781566891967","title":"Ululu (Clown Shrapnel)","description":"\u003cp\u003eOperatic in scope, \u003ci\u003eULULU (Clown Shrapnel)\u003c\/i\u003e is a dramatic, genre-bending narrative and a lyrical cultural biography of the archetypal seductress Lulu. In a furious performance of text and imagery, Thalia Field introduces us to the stock characters of the commedia, the famous plays, operas, and silent films in which Lulu appeared, the artists who brought her to life, and the censorship and controversy that she engendered.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe myth of \"Lulu\" began during the height of late-nineteenth-century Viennese culture with a sequence of two plays by Frank Wedekind (\u003ci\u003eEarth Spirit\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ePandora's Box\u003c\/i\u003e), and continued through the two world wars with \u003ci\u003eLulu, \u003c\/i\u003e an unfinished opera by Alban Berg, and \u003ci\u003ePandora's Box, \u003c\/i\u003e a highly acclaimed film by G.W. Pabst, starring Louise Brooks. Throughout all of Lulu's incarnations she met with censure--Wedekind's plays were banned from the stage, Berg's opera, which contained a secret score for his young lover, was kept from the public by his widow, and Pabst's erotic film was too risqu  for many.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs Field's story peeks into the dressing rooms and back alleys of history, words take the stage, \"fictional\" and \"historical\" characters speak side by side, and lyrical symbolism undulates throughout the pages. Original and treated footage from award-winning filmmaker Bill Morrison and illustrations from artist Abbot Stranahan complete this masterful work of avant-garde fiction, presented in a numbered and signed first edition limited to 1,500 copies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn addition to her multimedia performance work, \u003cb\u003eThalia Field\u003c\/b\u003e, an assistant professor at Brown University, is the author of \u003ci\u003ePoint and Line\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eIncarnate: Story Material.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Coffee House Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781566891967\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.13lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.90h x 7.05w x 0.74d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2007 pg. 108\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Thalia Field","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41993103868085,"sku":"9781566891967","price":21.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_668cf88b-30f6-4746-9310-6f845adf0087.jpg?v=1648523492","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/ululu-clown-shrapnel-9781566891967","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}