Feminism at the movies : understanding gender in contemporary popular cinema / edited by Hilary Radner and Rebecca Stringer.
Feminism at the Movies: Understanding Gender in Contemporary Popular Cinema examines the way that contemporary film reflects today's changing gender roles. The book offers a comprehensive overview of the central issues in feminist film criticism with analyses of over twenty popular contemporary...
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Full Text (via Taylor & Francis) |
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| Other Authors: | , |
| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Routledge,
2011.
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| Summary: | Feminism at the Movies: Understanding Gender in Contemporary Popular Cinema examines the way that contemporary film reflects today's changing gender roles. The book offers a comprehensive overview of the central issues in feminist film criticism with analyses of over twenty popular contemporary films across a range of genres, such as chick flicks, teen pics, hommecoms, horror, action adventure, indie flicks, and women lawyer films. Contributors explore issues of femininity as well as masculinity, reflecting on the interface of popular cinema with gendered realities and feminist ideas. Topics i. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (ix, 310 pages) : illustrations, portraits. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780203152416 0203152417 9781136519130 1136519130 1283441977 9781283441971 9781136519086 1136519084 9781136519123 1136519122 661344197X 9786613441973 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |