Undressing cinema : clothing and identity in the movies
Title:
Undressing cinema : clothing and identity in the movies
Author:
Bruzzi, Stella, 1962-
ISBN:
9780415139564
9780415139571
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
London ; New York : Routledge, 1997.
Physical Description:
xxi, 226 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Contents:
Cinema and haute couture: Sabrina to Pretty woman, Trop belle pour toi!, Pret-a-porter -- Desire and the costume film: Picnic at Hanging Rock, The age of innocence, The piano -- The instabilities of the Franco-American gangster: Scarface to Pulp fiction, Casino, Leon -- The screen's fashioning of blackness: Shaft, New Jack City, Boyz N the Hood, Waiting to exhale -- Clothes, power and the modern femme fatale: The last seduction, Disclosure, Single white female -- The comedy of cross-dressing: Glen or Glenda, Mrs. Doubtfire, The adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the desert -- The erotic strategies of androgyny: The ballad of Little Jo, The crying game, Orlando.
Abstract:
Bruzzi shows how, far from being mere accessories, clothes are key elements in the construction of cinematic identities. She uses case studies to reassess established ideas about costume and fashion, and to challenge conventional interpretations.
Electronic Access:
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