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Books on: women in hollywood

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Hollywood from Vietnam to Reagan-- and Beyond

Book by Robin Wood; Columbia University Press, 2003

Subjects:

Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.)--History, Motion Pictures--Political Aspects, Motion Pictures--United States--History

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...repression of politics. In Hollywood films-even the most determinedly...there are only individual women who feel personally constrained...more about the oppression of women and the tensions inherent...relations than An Unmarried Woman. The two films generally singled out to represent Hollywood feminism are Paul Mazurskys...
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Tycoons and Locusts: A Regional Look at Hollywood Fiction of the 1930s

Book by Walter Wells; Southern Illinois University Press, 1973

Subjects:

American Fiction--20th Century--History And Criticism, American Fiction--California--Los Angeles--History And Criticism, City And Town Life In Literature, Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.)--In Literature, Motion Picture Industry In Literature

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...fictions, especially Tycoon , where Hollywood is a place with "lassitude in plenty," where "young men and women who lived back East in spirit...as Perosa says, a clear picture of Hollywood film making, in mechanics and in essence...
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The Hollywood Social Problem Film: Madness, Despair, and Politics from the Depression to the Fifties

Book by Peter Roffman, Jim Purdy; Indiana University Press, 1981

Subjects:

Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.)--History, Motion Picture Plays--History And Criticism, Motion Pictures--Social Aspects--United States

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...Campbell, Marilyn. "RKOs Fallen Women, 1930-1933." Velvet Light...Corliss, Richard, ed. "The Hollywood Screenwriter." Film Comment...Dutton, 1957. -----. Hollywood Rajah . New York: Dell Publishing...1935. Dalton, Elizabeth. "Women at Work: ." Warners in the...
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Cracks in the Pedestal: Ideology and Gender in Hollywood

Book by Philip Green; University of Massachusetts Press, 1998

Subjects:

Feminism And Motion Pictures, Feminist Film Criticism, Women In Motion Pictures, Women On Television

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...exploitation of the bodies of women, upon which Hollywoods illusion...appeal of films to men and women both, as well as the mesmerizing...actually the labor of women, Hollywood women. That labor too, the...performers in the history of Hollywood have attained enough wealth...
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All That Hollywood Allows: Re-Reading Gender in 1950s Melodrama

Book by Jackie Byars; University of North Carolina Press, 1991

Subjects:

Feminist Film Criticism, Melodrama In Motion Pictures, Motion Pictures--Social Aspects--United States, Popular Culture--United States--History--20th Century, Sex Role In Motion Pictures, Women In Motion Pictures

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...from studies of "images of women" and toward various structuratist...who willingly accepted the Hollywood version of life. Rosen answered...herself a victim of the "Hollywood whitewash" and wondered how...dominant images of women in Hollywood

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Journal Articles on: women in hollywood

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Heroes, Lovers, and Others: The Story of Latinos in Hollywood

Journal article by Adrienne Viramontes; Women's Studies in Communication, Vol. 32, 2009

Subjects:

Books--Book reviews, Heroes, Lovers, and Others: The Story of Latinos in Hollywood (Nonfiction work)--Book reviews

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...history of Latino film stars in Hollywood films," (v). The second...matrices that shape and inform Hollywood productions, and which are...underrepresented groups. Men and women from various Latin heritages...Rodriguez begins by situating Hollywood as a social reflection of our...
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Latitude in Mass-Produced Culture's Capital: New Women and Other Players in Hollywood, 1920-1941

Journal article by Brett L. Abrams; Frontiers - A Journal of Women's Studies, Vol. 25, 2004

Subjects:

Motion picture industry--Forecasts and trends, Motion picture industry--Influence, Movie industry--Forecasts and trends, Movie industry--Influence, New York--Social aspects, Sex, Sexual behavior, Women--Behavior

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...presence of the mannishly dressed woman indicates that these women are part of Hollywood nightlife. Her introduction...community of like-minded women in Hollywood. The mannishly dressed woman in Hollywood nightlife reached its apex...
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Uncovering the Harem in the Classroom: Tania Kamal-eldin's Covered: the Hejab in Cairo, Egypt and Hollywood Harems within the Context of a Course on Arab Women Writers

Journal article by Diya Abdo; Women's Studies Quarterly, Vol. 30, 2002

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Arabs, Culture, Curricula, Middle East, Motion pictures, Perceptions, Women

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...typically portrayed by Hollywood as primitive barbarians...an Arab sees a woman he wants, he takes...kidnapping tender exotic women-who are invariably...rescuing the Eastern woman from the Eastern...Another point in Hollywood Harems is Hollywoods...being torn off, women are seen being...between men and women. Does the power...this case that of Hollywood, undermine or...correlation between Woman and Nation, a...
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"Exit Flapper, Enter Woman," or Lois Weber in Jazz Age Hollywood

Journal article by Shelley Stamp; Framework, Vol. 51, 2010

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...characterized as the only woman directing in Hollywood-virtually every news item...Weber was one of very few women directing in Hollywood in the twenties; but on the...describing Weber as "the only woman ever to achieve success as...
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Class, Labor, and the Home-Front Detective: Hammett, Chandler, Woolrich, and the Dissident Lawman (and Woman) in 1940s Hollywood and Beyond

Journal article by Dennis Broe; Social Justice, Vol. 32, 2005

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Authors--Criticism and interpretation, Bogart, Humphrey--Criticism and interpretation, Chandler, Raymond--Criticism and interpretation, Detective and mystery stories--Criticism and interpretation, Detective fiction--Criticism and interpretation, Hammett, Dashiell--Criticism and interpretation, Woolrich, Cornell--Criticism and interpretation, Writers--Criticism and interpretation

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...Dissident Lawman (and Woman) in 1940s Hollywood and Beyond. by Dennis...Extreme outsiders, often women, also populated the...endless" war. Hammetts Hollywood Pulp novels of the 1930s...the character of the Hollywood detective. Throughout...who befriends a blind woman. This new sympathy...

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Magazine Articles on: women in hollywood

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Behind the Scenes in Hollywood: A Number of Black Women Are Putting Their Signature on Tinsel Town

Magazine article by Aldore Collier; Ebony, Vol. 61, August 2006

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African American actors--Forecasts and trends, African American actors--Works, African American actresses--Forecasts and trends, African American actresses--Works, African American women--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, African American women--Forecasts and trends

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Behind the Scenes in Hollywood: A Number of Black Women Are Putting Their Signature on...among a growing number of Black women in the ivory towers of Tinsel...a wardrobe stylist to numerous Hollywood celebrities and is the chief executive...
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Why Are Black Actresses Having Such a Hard Time in Hollywood? Racism and the Film Industry's Limited Vision Contribute to the Scarcity of Roles for Black Women

Magazine article by Robin Givens; Ebony, Vol. 46, June 1991

Subjects:

African American actresses--Employment, Motion picture actors and actresses--Attitudes, Race discrimination--Personal narratives, Television actors and actresses--Attitudes

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...of being a Black woman and saying...actresses--Black women--everywhere...Beverly Hills/Hollywood president Sandra...Ghost that a Black woman can be a box...room full of Black women--some famous...Black women in Hollywood? "Yes," answers...asked all of the women I spoke with how...you are an ethnic woman or a woman of color...Black actress in Hollywood. "Any problem...
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Lesbian Chic Goes to Hollywood: but Will the Affair with Women Continue?

Magazine article by Joanne Latimer; Herizons, Vol. 10, Spring 1996

Subjects:

Entertainment, Gays & lesbians, Human relations, Interpersonal communication, Motion pictures, Personal relationships

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...Festival last year. "Sure, let Hollywood make a lesbian film, or even...are so many homosexuals in Hollywood! I mean, it doesnt make...image of lesbian portrayal in Hollywood film, but not an uncommon...she observes, "straight women have been removed from their...would you go after a straight woman, knowingly?" Since these...
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Pickford - the Woman Who Made Hollywood

Magazine article by George Turner; American Cinematographer, Vol. 78, December 1997

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Pickford - the Woman Who Made Hollywood by George Turner Pickford - The Woman Who Made Hollywood by Eileen Whitfield University Press of Kentucky...person who, if she never actually "made" Hollywood, certainly played an important part in making...
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Lipstick Los Angeles: The L Word and Go Fish! Writer and Actor Takes a Stab at Defining a Lesbian Category in This City of Gorgeous Hollywood Women

Magazine article by Guinevere Turner; The Advocate, October 26, 2004

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Lesbianism--Analysis, Lesbianism--Personal narratives

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...Category in This City of Gorgeous Hollywood Women. by Guinevere Turner...acquaintances, anyway. In West Hollywood there seem to be more lipstick...and perform) is that the women on the show are all so girly...driving tattooed dyke?" one woman stood up and asked at a panel...the show. "I dont know any women who look like those women...

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Newspaper Articles on: women in hollywood

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He Played Alongside the Most Beautiful Women in the World; HOLLYWOOD LEGEND MICKEY ROONEY IS STILL MAKING PLANS AT AGE 87

Newspaper article; Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland), December 23, 2007

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Women

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

He Played Alongside the Most Beautiful Women in the World; HOLLYWOOD LEGEND MICKEY ROONEY IS STILL MAKING PLANS AT AGE 87. DURING his 85-year career Mickey has married eight times, won two Oscars...
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MIND THE AGE GAP; A Quarter of Married British Women Are Hitched to Younger Men. No Wonder Dating Agencies and Hollywood Films Are Jumping on the Toyboy Bandwagon

Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), May 15, 2006

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Women

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...of Married British Women Are Hitched to Younger...Dating Agencies and Hollywood Films Are Jumping...pampered poodle by a woman older, richer and...of married British women are now hitched to...arbiters of our time - Hollywood, celebrities and...
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BRING BACK THE BRAWN! Burton, Mitchum, Peck, Newman - She Starred with Them All. Now, as a Study Claims Women Prefer the Pretty-Boy Actors of Today, JOAN COLLINS Laments the Demise of the Hollywood Hunk

Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), March 23, 2010

Subjects:

Motion picture actors and actresses--Research, Movie actors--Research, Tracy, Spencer, Women--Research

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...All. Now, as a Study Claims Women Prefer the Pretty-Boy Actors...COLLINS Laments the Demise of the Hollywood Hunk. Byline: by Joan Collins...stars from the golden era of Hollywood: Anthony Quinn dancing the...softens. When health is poor, women go for rugged, tough-looking...
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FROM SE3 TO USA; Hollywood Now Beckons for Blackheath-Raised Actress Sally Hawkins -- Thanks to a New Film about Women Car Workers on Strike. Liz Hoggard Meets Her

Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), July 29, 2010

Subjects:

Hawkins, Sally, Leigh, Mike, Motion picture actors and actresses, Motion pictures, Movie actors, Movies, Strikes, Working women

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FROM SE3 TO USA; Hollywood Now Beckons for Blackheath...to a New Film about Women Car Workers on Strike...works. "It was a very woman-led production with...unlikely contender for the Hollywood A-list. But the studios...Page 27 of the ordinary woman in a really compelling...says. In 1968, 187 women machine workers walked...
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Scarlett: We Can Change the World; Real Women Hollywood Star Backs Campaign to Help the Poor after Oxfam Trip to Asia

Newspaper article; Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland), June 24, 2008

Subjects:

Johansson, Scarlett

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...We Can Change the World; Real Women Hollywood Star Backs Campaign to Help the...of the planets poorest people. Hollywood star Scarlett Johansson will have...of the three per cent of Dalit women who can read, Gudiya has a way...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: women in hollywood

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Guare, John

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...trilogy dealing with a 19th-century Nantucket family Lydie Breeze (1982), Gardenia (1982), and Women and Water (1990) and Lake Hollywood (1999). See study by G. A. Plunka (2002). ____________________ Copyright...
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OphÜls, Max

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...There Ophuls made four now-classic Hollywood films: The Exile (1947), Letter from an Unknown Woman (1948), Caught (1949), and The...memory-laden tales of love-obsessed women and the complexities of romance gone...1995); L. Bacher, Max Ophuls in the Hollywood Studios (1996...
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Hula

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...religious ceremonies, it was danced by groups of specially trained women who illustrated the various accompanying texts ( mele ), which...accentuated, and the dance became a tourist staple and a feature of Hollywood productions. In the 1970s, however, a Hawaiian cultural...
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Altman, Robert

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Mrs. Miller (1971), Thieves like Us (1974), and Three Women (1977). Altmans second major commercial success, Nashville...critical favor with The Player (1992), a witty skewering of the Hollywood movie scene that featured one of the most spectacular tracking...
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Fitzgerald, F. Scott

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...gin-drinking, morally and spiritually bankrupt men and women he wrote about led lives that closely resembled his own. Born...insanity. The author spent his last years as a scriptwriter in Hollywood, Calif. He died of a heart attack in 1940 at the age of 44...

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