Celluloid sisters : women and popular cinema
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Celluloid sisters : women and popular cinema
Macmillan, 1992
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 240-241) and indexes
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Description
Taking De Lauretis' proposition that popular cinema is a 'technology of gender' the book explores the representation of women and the readerly activity of female audience members in respect of a group of eighteen films successful at the British box office between 1945 and 1965. A method for the analysis of fictional characters is presented and the discursive context within which contemporary meanings were formed is explored through reference to the press, particularly that addressed to a female readership.
Table of Contents
List of Illustrations - Acknowledgements - Introduction: What does 'Popular Cinema' mean to Women? - Popular Forms and Popularity - Popular Cinema in Britain 1945-65 - The Films: Narrative Themes - The Construction and Definition of Female Characters - The Narrative Resolutions of Female Characters - The Film Audience and the Female Reader - Female Readers and the Text - Conclusion - Footnotes - Appendix - Bibliography - Index
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