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Feminist film theory and Pretty woman / Mari Ruti.

By: Ruti, Mari [author.]Material type: TextTextSeries: Film theory in practicePublisher: London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2016Description: 216 pagesContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781501319464 (pbk.) :Subject(s): Pretty woman (Motion picture) | Feminist film criticism | Women in motion pictures | Feminism and motion pictures | Performing Arts | Performing ArtsDDC classification: 791.4'36522 Summary: In 'Feminist Film Theory and Pretty Woman', Mari Ruti traces the development of feminist film theory from its foundational concepts such as the male gaze, female spectatorship, and the masquerade of femininity to 21st-century analyses of neoliberal capitalism, consumerism, postfeminism, and the revival of 'girly' femininity as a cultural ideal. By interpreting Pretty Woman as a movie that defies easy categorization as either feminist or antifeminist, the book counters the all-too-common critical dismissal of romantic comedies as mindless drivel preoccupied with trivial 'feminine' concerns such as love and shopping.
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In 'Feminist Film Theory and Pretty Woman', Mari Ruti traces the development of feminist film theory from its foundational concepts such as the male gaze, female spectatorship, and the masquerade of femininity to 21st-century analyses of neoliberal capitalism, consumerism, postfeminism, and the revival of 'girly' femininity as a cultural ideal. By interpreting Pretty Woman as a movie that defies easy categorization as either feminist or antifeminist, the book counters the all-too-common critical dismissal of romantic comedies as mindless drivel preoccupied with trivial 'feminine' concerns such as love and shopping.

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