Yvonne Tasker

Working Girls (eBook, PDF)

Gender and Sexuality in Popular Cinema

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Working Girls investigates the thematic concerns of contemporary Hollywood cinema, and its ambivalent articulation of women as both active, and defined by sexual performance, asking whether new Hollywood cinema has responded to feminism and contemporary sexual identities.
Whether analysing the rise of films centred around female friendships, or the entrance of pop stars such as Whitney Houston and Madonna into film, Working Girls is an authoritative investigation of the presence of women both as film makers and actors in contemporary mainstream cinema.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. September 2002
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134826605
• Artikelnr.: 43072640

Autorenporträt

Yvonne Tasker

Inhaltsangabe

CONTENTS: Introduction: Bad Girls and Working Girls in the `New Hollywood` PART ONE: Chapter One: Crossdressing
Aspiration and Transformation Chapter Two: Cowgirl Tales Chapter Three: Action Women: Muscles
Mothers and Others Chapter Four: Investigating Women: Work
Criminality and Sexuality Chapter Five: New Hollywood
New Film Noir and the Female Fatale Chapter Six: Female Friendship: Melodrama
Romance
Feminism PART TWO: PERFORMANCE AND PRODUCTION Chapter Seven: Comedy and Authority Chapter Eight: Music
Video
Cinema: Singers and Movie Stars Chapter Nine: Performers and Producers Notes and References Filmography Bibliography

Rezensionen

'Working Girls presents useful analyses of the figure of the working woman in cinema that are thought-provoking and astute assessments of the cultural content of popular film. Much of this book is riveting, both in content and presentation.' - Brenda A. Risch, Scope: online journal of film studies