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1 online resource (xii, 257 pages) |
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Introduction: Postfeminism and Contemporary Hollywood Cinema;/ Joel Gwynne and Nadine Muller -- Part I. Postfeminist Femininities: 1. Neo-Feminism In-Between: Female Cosmopolitan Subjects in Contemporary American Film;/ Ana Moya; 2. Querying Postfeminism in Lisa Cholodenko's The Kids Are All Right / Clara Bradbury-Rance; 3. The Slut that Wasn't: Virginity, (Post)Feminism and Representation in Easy A / Katherine Farrimond; 4. The Girls of Zeta: Sororities, Ideal Femininity and the Makeover Paradigm in The House Bunny / Joel Gwynne; 5. Ageing Appropriately: Postfeminist Discourses of Ageing in Contemporary Hollywood / Imelda Whelehan -- Part II. Postfeminist Masculinities: 6. Hollywood Fatherhood: Paternal Postfeminism in Contemporary Popular Cinema / Hannah Hamad; 7. 'Chuck Flick': A Genealogy of the Postfeminist Male Singleton / Benjamin A. Brabon; 8. The Chick's 'New Hero': (Re)Constructing Masculinity in the Postfeminist 'Chick Flick' / Amy Burns; 9. Mancaves and Cushions: Marking Masculine and Feminine Domestic Space in Postfeminist Romantic Comedy / Lauren Jade Thompson; 10. 'We're not making forward progress': Postfeminist Hypermasculinity in Heat / Vincent M. Gaine -- Part III. Postfeminism and Genre: 11. Towards a New Sexual Conservatism in Postfeminist Romantic Comedy / Alexia Bowler; 12. 'Hell is a Teenage Girl'? Postfeminism and Contemporary Teen Horror / Martin Fradley; 13. 'A New Feminist Revolution in Hollywood Comedy'?: Postfeminist Discourses and the Critical Reception of Bridesmaids / Helen Warner; 14. Blood, Sweat and Tears: Women, Sport and Hollywood / Katharina Lindner |
| Summary |
"Much ground has been covered in terms of (post)feminist analyses of popular film and television, and box office successes such as Bridget Jones's Diary and television phenomena such as Sex and the City have become established parts of the now canonical critical texts on postfeminism, media and popular culture. By analyzing the negotiation of femininities and masculinities within contemporary Hollywood cinema, by charting trends in film production and media reception, and by focusing on the largely neglected intersections between postfeminism and queer theory, Postfeminism and Contemporary Hollywood Cinema presents diverse interrogations of popular cinema. The chapters in this collection position contemporary commercial production as a space where female empowerment is both celebrated and undermined, and signal the necessity of further debate surrounding the formation of gender identity in postmillennial Hollywood cinema."-- Provided by publisher |
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Print version record |
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Feminism and motion pictures.
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Motion pictures -- United States.
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Women in motion pictures.
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Film theory & criticism -- USA.
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Film: styles & genres -- USA.
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Feminism & feminist theory -- USA.
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ART -- Film & Video.
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PERFORMING ARTS -- Film & Video -- Reference.
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Feminism and motion pictures
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Motion pictures
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Women in motion pictures
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Film -- feminism -- Förenta staterna -- 2000-talet.
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Postfeminism.
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Feministisk teori.
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Manlighet.
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Kvinnlighet.
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Film -- feminism -- United States -- 21st century.
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Postfeminism.
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Feminist theory.
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Masculinity.
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Femininity.
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Feminism och film.
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Film.
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Kvinnor i filmen.
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Film history, theory & criticism -- United States of America, USA.
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Film: styles & genres -- United States of America, USA.
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Feminism & feminist theory -- United States of America, USA.
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Performing Arts.
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United States
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Gwynne, Joel, editor
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Müller, Nadine, editor
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| ISBN |
9781137306845 |
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113730684X |
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