Representations of femininity in American genre cinema : the woman's film, film noir, and modern horror / David Greven.
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TextPublication details: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011Description: 214 pISBN: 9780230118836 (ebook)Subject(s): Femininity in motion pictures | Women in motion pictures | Motion pictures -- United States | Performing Arts | Films, cinema | Film: styles & genres | Feminism & feminist theory | The arts: general issues | Films, cinema | Media studies | Gender studies, gender groups | United States of America, USA | Gender studies: women & girls | Performing arts | Film history, theory & criticismGenre/Form: Online access: Click here to access online Also available in printed form ISBN 9780230112513Summary: A sweeping study of Hollywood from Now, Voyager, The Heiress, and Flamingo Road to Carrie, the Alien films, The Brave One, and the slasher horror genre, this book boldly unsettles commonplace understandings of genre film, female sexuality, and Freudian theory as it makes a strong new case for the queer relevance of female representation. The theme of female transformation informs the Hollywood representation of femininity from the studio era to the present. Whether it occurs physically, emotionally, or on some other level, transformation allows female protagonists to negotiate their own complex desires and to resist the compulsory marriage plot. A sweeping study of Hollywood from Now, Voyager, The Heiress, and Flamingo Road to Carrie, the Alien films, The Brave One, and the slasher horror genre, this book boldly unsettles commonplace understandings of genre film, female sexuality, and Freudian theory as it makes a strong new case for the queer relevance of female representation.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
A sweeping study of Hollywood from Now, Voyager, The Heiress, and Flamingo Road to Carrie, the Alien films, The Brave One, and the slasher horror genre, this book boldly unsettles commonplace understandings of genre film, female sexuality, and Freudian theory as it makes a strong new case for the queer relevance of female representation. The theme of female transformation informs the Hollywood representation of femininity from the studio era to the present. Whether it occurs physically, emotionally, or on some other level, transformation allows female protagonists to negotiate their own complex desires and to resist the compulsory marriage plot. A sweeping study of Hollywood from Now, Voyager, The Heiress, and Flamingo Road to Carrie, the Alien films, The Brave One, and the slasher horror genre, this book boldly unsettles commonplace understandings of genre film, female sexuality, and Freudian theory as it makes a strong new case for the queer relevance of female representation.
Also available in printed form ISBN 9780230112513
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