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Record Nr.

UNINA9910784497203321

Autore

Hollinger Karen

Titolo

In the company of women [[electronic resource] ] : contemporary female friendship films / / Karen Hollinger

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, 1998

ISBN

0-8166-8930-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (286 p.)

Collana

Woman's film precedents

Disciplina

508.776/7

791.43652042

791.4375

Soggetti

Female friendship in motion pictures

Women in motion pictures

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Theoretical and Generic Contexts of Contemporary Female Friendship Films; 1 Women's Film Precedents; 2 The Sentimental Female Friendship Film; 3 The Female Friendship Film and Women's Development; 4 The Political Female Friendship Film; 5 The Erotic Female Friendship Film: Lesbianism in the Mainstream; 6 The Female Friendship Film and Women of Color; 7 Backlash: The Anti-Female Friendship Film; Conclusion: The Future of the Female Friendship Film; Notes; Index

Sommario/riassunto

From Desperately Seeking Susan, Steel Magnolias, and Thelma & Louise to Desert Hearts, Girl Friends, and Passion Fish, mainstream cinema has seen a wave of films focusing on friendships between women. In the Company of Women is the first critical work to investigate the recent resurgence of this variety of the "woman's film."