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UNINA9910459008703321 |
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Autore |
Radner Hilary |
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Neo-feminist cinema : girly films, chick flicks and consumer culture / / Hilary Radner |
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New York : , : Routledge, , 2011 |
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ISBN |
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1-136-99599-4 |
1-136-99600-1 |
1-283-04494-3 |
9786613044945 |
0-203-85521-3 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (442 p.) |
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Soggetti |
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Feminism and motion pictures |
Motion pictures for women - United States |
Women in motion pictures |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Figures; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1 Neo-Feminism and the Rise of the Single Girl; Chapter 2 Pretty Woman (1990) and the Girly Film; Chapter 3 Romy and Michele's High School Reunion (1997); Chapter 4 Legally Blonde (2001); Chapter 5 Jennifer Lopez; Chapter 6 Maid in Manhattan (2002); Chapter 7 Hit Movies for "Femmes" Chick Flicks and Chick Lit; Indie Films for the Female Demo: My Big Fat Greek Wedding (Joel Zwick, 2002) and Mamma Mia! (Phyllida Lloyd, 2008); Chapter 8 The Devil Wears Prada (2006); Chapter 9 Sex and the City: The Movie (2008) |
Chapter 10 Something's Gotta Give (2003)Conclusion; Notes; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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What lies behind current feminist discontent with contemporary cinema? Through a combination of cultural and industry analysis, Hilary Radner's Neo-Feminist Cinema: Girly Films, Chick Flicks and Consumer Culture shows how the needs of conglomerate Hollywood have |
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encouraged an emphasis on consumer culture within films made for women. By exploring a number of representative ""girly films,"" including Pretty Woman, Legally Blonde, Maid in Manhattan, The Devil Wears Prada, and Sex and the City: The Movie, Radner proposes that rather than being ""post-feminist," |
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