Hollywood Heroines: The Most Influential Women in Film History
- ISBN-10
- 1440836493
- ISBN-13
- 9781440836497
- Series
- Hollywood Heroines
- Category
- Performing Arts
- Pages
- 407
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2018-12-07
- Publisher
- ABC-CLIO
- Author
- Laura L. S. Bauer
Description
This is a topical resource that provides a comprehensive look at the most influential women in Hollywood cinema across a wide-range of occupations rarely found together in a single volume. • Provides the reader with an invaluable, complete, and easy-to-understand view of film history and filmmaking while simultaneously highlighting the most important women, making the subject of Hollywood and film more transparent as a whole • Enables a fuller understanding of the many complicated challenges women have faced historically and currently in Hollywood filmmaking • Offers a unique blend of film history and industry information, cohesively presenting them both in one place • Reaches beyond the more commonly discussed categories of women who have had important roles throughout Hollywood film history, such as directors and actresses, although they too are included • Examines women's visibility and representation in Hollywood in the context of the history of the film industry for students
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