Hollywood Divas, Indie Queens, and TV Heroines

Contemporary Screen Images of Women

Häftad, Engelska, 2004

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Beskrivning

Hollywood Divas, Indie Queens, and TV Heroines offers an entertaining and critical look at the representation of women in recent movies. Written in a refreshingly accessible style, the book analyzes over thirty box-office hits. The authors explore the screen personae of top stars such as Julia Roberts, Sandra Bullock, Meg Ryan, and RenZe Zellweger, as well as independent movie queens like Parker Posey and TV heroines like Sarah Michelle Gellar of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. A must-read book for all film buffs who are tired of the mixed gender messages of mainstream culture.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2004-12-10
Mått:150 x 227 x 11 mm
Vikt:304 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:192
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN:9780742537095

Utforska kategorier

Television inom Kultur
Film inom Kultur

Mer om författaren

Susanne Kord is professor at University College London. Elisabeth Krimmer is assistant professor at the University of California, Davis.

Recensioner i media

One of Hollywood Divas' key strengths is its attention to ambiguity and contradiction in women's representations. Kord and Krimmer examine how Hollywood films straddle progressive possibilities and traditional presumptions about women's roles. The authors are timely in their attention to the blurring of industry lines between Hollywood and Indie film production, and, even more importantly, they call on the audience to recognize the political underbelly and ideological power of all filmic representations.

Innehållsförteckning

Part 1 Part I HollywoodChapter 2 1 IntroductionChapter 3 2 The New-Born Identity: Julia RobertsChapter 4 3 Running Woman: Sandra BullockChapter 5 4 Sleeping with the Enemy: Meg RyanChapter 6 5 The Real World is Not Enough: Renée ZellwegerPart 7 Part II Some AlternativesChapter 8 6 Highlights and Low Points: Affairs of State and Kung-Fu BunniesChapter 9 7 Hidden Alternatives: Judi Dench, Kathy Bates, Parker Posey, Whoopi Goldberg, and Frances McDormandChapter 10 8 Vamp(ire)s and Those Who Kill Them: Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Dana ScullyChapter 11 9 Is This As Good As It Gets?Chapter 12 NotesChapter 13 Works Cited