Working Girls: Gender and Sexuality in Popular Cinema

Working Girls: Gender and Sexuality in Popular Cinema
ISBN-10
1134826605
ISBN-13
9781134826605
Series
Working Girls
Category
Business & Economics
Pages
256
Language
English
Published
2002-09-11
Publisher
Routledge
Author
Yvonne Tasker

Description

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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