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Representations of Femininity in American Genre Cinema: The Woman's Film, Film Noir, and Modern Horror

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Representations of Femininity in American Genre Cinema: The Woman's Film, Film Noir, and Modern Horror - Greven, David, Professor
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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 ...

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Representations of Femininity in American Genre Cinema: The Woman's Film, Film Noir, and Modern Horror 2013, Palgrave MacMillan, New York

ISBN-13: 9781137354990

2011 edition

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Representations of Femininity in American Genre Cinema: The Woman's Film, Film Noir, and Modern Horror 2011, Palgrave MacMillan, New York

ISBN-13: 9780230112513

2011 edition

Hardcover