Representations of femininity in American genre cinema

the woman's film, film noir, and modern horror

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the woman's film, film noir, and modern horror

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Palgrave Macmillan
Language
English
Pages
214

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Table of Contents

Introduction : femininity and film genres
Freud and classical Hollywood. Freud and the death-mother
Transformations of the woman's film : or, feminine myths
Modern horror. Modern horror as the concealed woman's film
Medusa in the mirror : Brian de Palma's Carrie
Demeter and Persephone in space : transformation, femininity, and myth in the alien films
The finalizing woman : horror, femininity, and queer monsters
Coda : the brave one.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index..

Published in
New York, NY

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
791.43/6522
Library of Congress
PN1995.9.W6 G745 2011

The Physical Object

Pagination
214 p. ;
Number of pages
214

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL24881117M
Internet Archive
representationsf00grev
LCCN
2010037447

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