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Hollywood Heroines: Women in Film Noir and the Female Gothic Film
Helen Hanson
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Description for Hollywood Heroines: Women in Film Noir and the Female Gothic Film
Paperback. The endangered and dangerous female figures of "Rebecca", of "Jagged Edge" and "What Lies Beneath" have a deserved and endures fascination. This work re-examines these gothic heroines of Hollywood and their meanings, in two of Hollywood's key generic cycles, film noir and the female gothic film. It also traces their revival in neo-gothic films. Num Pages: 256 pages, 12 integrated halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APFA; JFSJ1. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 422.
The endangered and dangerous female figures of "Rebecca", of "Jagged Edge" and "What Lies Beneath" have a deserved and endures fascination. Helen Hanson re-examines these gothic heroines of Hollywood and their meanings, in two of Hollywood's key generic cycles, film noir and the female gothic film. Starting at the beginning, with the origin of these cycles and the ways in which they represented women in the American film industry and culture of the 1940s, she traces their revival in neo-noir and neo-gothic films from the 1980s to the present. She also places the female figures of the femme fatale, female ... Read more
The endangered and dangerous female figures of "Rebecca", of "Jagged Edge" and "What Lies Beneath" have a deserved and endures fascination. Helen Hanson re-examines these gothic heroines of Hollywood and their meanings, in two of Hollywood's key generic cycles, film noir and the female gothic film. Starting at the beginning, with the origin of these cycles and the ways in which they represented women in the American film industry and culture of the 1940s, she traces their revival in neo-noir and neo-gothic films from the 1980s to the present. She also places the female figures of the femme fatale, female ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781845115616
SKU
V9781845115616
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About Helen Hanson
Helen Hanson is Lecturer in Film in the School of English, University of Exeter.
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