American postfeminist cinema : women, romance and contemporary culture /
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| Author / Creator: | Schreiber, Michele, author. |
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| Imprint: | Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2014] |
| Description: | vii, 200 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Traditions in American cinema Traditions in American cinema. |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10041908 |
| Summary: | In light of their tremendous gains in the political and professional sphere, and their ever expanding options, why is it that most contemporary American films aimed at women still focus almost exclusively on their pursuit of a heterosexual romantic relationship? American Postfeminist Cinema explores this question and is the first book to examine the symbiotic relationship between heterosexual romance and postfeminist culture. The book argues that since 1980, postfeminism's most salient tensions and anxieties have been reflected and negotiated in the American romance film. Case studies of a broad range of Hollywood and independent films reveal how the postfeminist romance cycle is intertwined with contemporary women's ambivalence and broader cultural anxieties about women's changing social and political status. |
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| Physical Description: | vii, 200 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780748693368 074869336X |
