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Record Nr.

UNINA9910784367803321

Autore

Staiger Janet

Titolo

Bad women : regulating sexuality in early American cinema / / Janet Staiger

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Minneapolis, MN ; ; London : , : University of Minnesota Press, , [1995]

©1995

ISBN

9780816686575

0816686572

0816626251

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (227 pages)

Disciplina

791.43/652042

Soggetti

Women in motion pictures

Sex in motion pictures

Motion pictures - United States - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes filmography (pages 207-208), bibliographical references (pages 208-217) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface; 1 The Repeal of Reticence; 2 Sex O'Clock in America; 3 Troublesome Pictures; 4 From Boston to Bombay; 5 The White Slave; 6 The Vamp; 7 The Butterfly; Conclusion; Notes; Filmography and Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Bad Women takes us back to this time of massive social, cultural, and economic change to show us how American cinema gave women and women's sexuality images useful to the new consumer culture of the early 1900's and its exploitation of sexual pleasure. Rich in historical detail and theoretical insight, this book offers an original depiction of a culture in transition, a sexual sensibility in the making, and film's participation in the change.