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Working Girls: Gender and Sexuality in Popular Cinema
By Yvonne Tasker
244 pages
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- Routledge
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Synopsis
Working Girls investigates the thematic concerns of contemporary Hollywood cinema, and its ambivalent articulation of women as both active, and defined by sexual performance, asking whether new Hollywood cinema has responded to feminism and contemporary sexual identities.Whether analysing the rise of films centred around female friendships, or the entrance of pop stars such as Whitney Houston and Madonna into film, Working Girls is an authoritative investigation of the presence of women both ...
Working Girls investigates the thematic concerns of contemporary Hollywood cinema, and its ambivalent articulation of women as both active, and defined by sexual performance, asking whether new Hollywood cinema has responded to feminism and contemporary sexual identities.Whether analysing the rise of films centred around female friendships, or the entrance of pop stars such as Whitney Houston and Madonna into film, Working Girls is an authoritative investigation of the presence of women both as film makers and actors in contemporary mainstream cinema.
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Table of contents
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- Title Page iii
- Contents vii
- Acknowledgements ix
- Introduction 1
- 1 - Cross-Dressing, Aspiration and Transformation 19
- 2 - Cowgirl Tales 49
- 3 - Action Women 65
- 4 - Investigating Women 89
- 5 - ‘new Hollywood’, New Film Noir and the Femme Fatale 115
- 6 - Female Friendship 137
- 7 - Acting Funny 161
- 8 - Music, Video, Cinema 177
- 9 - Performers and Producers 195
- Notes 206
- Filmography 219
- Bibliography 223
- Title Page iii
- Contents vii
- Acknowledgements ix
- Introduction 1
- 1 - Cross-Dressing, Aspiration and Transformation 19
- 2 - Cowgirl Tales 49
- 3 - Action Women 65
- 4 - Investigating Women 89
- 5 - ‘new Hollywood’, New Film Noir and the Femme Fatale 115
- 6 - Female Friendship 137
- 7 - Acting Funny 161
- 8 - Music, Video, Cinema 177
- 9 - Performers and Producers 195
- Notes 206
- Filmography 219
- Bibliography 223
- Index 228