Representations of femininity in American genre cinema : the woman's film, film noir, and modern horror
by
 
Greven, David.

Title
Representations of femininity in American genre cinema : the woman's film, film noir, and modern horror

Author
Greven, David.

ISBN
9780230112513

Personal Author
Greven, David.

Edition
1st ed.

Publication Information
New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.

Physical Description
214 p. ; 23 cm.

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.

Subject Term
Femininity in motion pictures.
 
Women in motion pictures.
 
Motion pictures -- United States.


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IIEMSAGeneral Books33168025541026791.436522 G837R 20111