Neo-feminist cinema : girly films, chick flicks and consumer culture /

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Author / Creator:Radner, Hilary.
Imprint:New York : Routledge, 2011.
Description:xi, 227 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8266072
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ISBN:9780415877732 (hbk. : alk. paper)
0415877733 (hbk. : alk. paper)
9780415877749 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0415877741 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780203855218 (ebk.)
0203855213 (ebk.)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : reassessing feminism and popular culture
  • Neo-feminism and the rise of the single girl
  • Pretty woman (1990) and the girly film : defining the format
  • Romy and Michele's high school reunion (1997) : female friendship in the girly film
  • Legally blonde (2001) : "a pink girl in a brown world"
  • Jennifer Lopez : neo-feminism and the crossover star
  • Maid in manhattan (2003) : a new fairy tale
  • Hit movies for "femmes"
  • The devil wears Prada (2006) : the fashion film
  • Sex and the city : the movie (2008) : the female event film
  • Something's gotta give (2003) : Nancy Meyers, neo-feminist auteur
  • Conclusion : post-feminism and neo-feminism.