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.
| Library | Material Type | Item Barcode | Shelf Number | Copy |
|---|
| IIEMSA | General Books | 33168025541026 | 791.436522 G837R 2011 | 1 |