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1 online resource (214 pages) |
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Introduction : femininity and film genres -- Freud and classical Hollywood. Freud and the death-mother : Freud, the woman's film, and modern horror ; Transformations of the woman's film : or, feminine myths -- Modern horror. Modern horror as the concealed woman's film ; Medusa in the mirror : Brian de Palma's Carrie ; Demeter and Persephone in space : transformation, femininity, and myth in the Alien films ; The finalizing woman : horror, femininity, and queer monsters -- Coda : the brave one |
| Summary |
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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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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-204) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Femininity in motion pictures.
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Women in motion pictures.
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Motion pictures -- United States.
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Film: styles & genres -- USA.
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Gender studies: women -- USA.
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PERFORMING ARTS -- Film & Video -- Reference.
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ART -- Film & Video.
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Femininity in motion pictures
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Motion pictures
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Women in motion pictures
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Film: styles & genres -- United States of America, USA.
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Gender studies: women & girls -- United States of America, USA.
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Performing Arts.
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780230118836 |
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0230118836 |
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1283096870 |
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9781283096874 |
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9786613096876 |
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6613096873 |
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