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Auteur(s) : Schreiber, Michele
Titre(s) : American postfeminist cinema [Texte imprimé] : women, romance and contemporary culture / Michele Schreiber
Publication : Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2014]
Description matérielle : vii, 200 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Collection : Traditions in American cinema
Lien à la collection : Traditions in American cinema
Comprend : Machine generated contents note: 1.`Both Glad and Sorry': Romance Cycles and Women's
Politics ; 2. Pragmatism vs. Sentimentality: Amelioration in the Postfeminist Cycle
; 3. Past vs. Present: Temporality in the Postfeminist Cycle ; 4. Sexy vs. Funny:
Sexuality in the Postfeminist Cycle ; 5. Independence vs. Dependence: Economics in
the Postfeminist Cycle.
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references and index
This book examines a cycle of post-feminist films that adopt the conventions of romance.
In light of their tremendous gains in the political and professional sphere, and their
ever expanding options, why do most contemporary American films aimed at women still
focus almost exclusively on their pursuit of a heterosexual romantic relationship?
This book explores this question and is the first book to examine the symbiotic relationship
between heterosexual romance and postfeminist culture. The book argues that since
1980, postfeminism's most salient tensions and anxieties have been reflected in the
American romance film. Case studies of a broad range of Hollywood and independent
films reveal how the postfeminist romance cycle is intertwined with contemporary women's
ambivalence and broader cultural anxieties about women's changing social and political
status. It offers a new perspective on romance films by examining the symbiotic relationship
between romance and postfeminism. It analyses the recurring narrative and discursive
patterns of postfeminist cinema. It continues the tradition of feminist analysis of
romance as a significant media genre for women
Sujet(s) : Féminisme et cinéma
Relations hommes-femmes -- Au cinéma
Films d'amour
Indice(s) Dewey :
791.436 522 (23e éd.) = Cinéma - Thème des femmes
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780748693368 (rel.). - ISBN 074869336X (hbk.)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb439005940
Notice n° :
FRBNF43900594
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