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Marked Women: Prostitutes and Prostitution in the Cinema (Wisconsin Film Studies)
Russell Campbell
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Description for Marked Women: Prostitutes and Prostitution in the Cinema (Wisconsin Film Studies)
Paperback. An illustrated study explores the depiction of female prostitute characters and prostitution in world cinema, from the silent era to the present-day industry. From the woman with control over her own destiny to the woman who cannot get away from her pimp, this study shows the diverse representations of prostitutes in film. Num Pages: 472 pages, 76 b&w film stills. BIC Classification: APFA; JFMX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 612.
Julia Roberts played a prostitute, famously, in ""Pretty Woman"". So did Jodie Foster in ""Taxi Driver"", Jane Fonda in ""Klute"", Anna Karina in ""Vivre sa vie"", Greta Garbo in ""Anna Christie"", and Charlize Theron, who won an Academy Award for ""Monster"". This engaging and generously illustrated study explores the depiction of female prostitute characters and prostitution in world cinema, from the silent era to the present-day industry. From the woman with control over her own destiny to the woman who cannot get away from her pimp, Russell Campbell shows the diverse representations of prostitutes in film. ""Marked Women"" classifies fifteen ... Read more
Julia Roberts played a prostitute, famously, in ""Pretty Woman"". So did Jodie Foster in ""Taxi Driver"", Jane Fonda in ""Klute"", Anna Karina in ""Vivre sa vie"", Greta Garbo in ""Anna Christie"", and Charlize Theron, who won an Academy Award for ""Monster"". This engaging and generously illustrated study explores the depiction of female prostitute characters and prostitution in world cinema, from the silent era to the present-day industry. From the woman with control over her own destiny to the woman who cannot get away from her pimp, Russell Campbell shows the diverse representations of prostitutes in film. ""Marked Women"" classifies fifteen ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Wisconsin Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
472
Place of Publication
Wisconsin, United States
ISBN
9780299212544
SKU
V9780299212544
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Ref
99-15
About Russell Campbell
Russell Campbell is senior lecturer in the Film Programme at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. He is the author of numerous articles and several books, including Cinema Strikes Back: Radical Filmmaking in the United States, 1930 - 1942. Campbell was the founding editor of The Velvet Light Trap and is also a professional script consultant and documentary filmmaker.
Reviews for Marked Women: Prostitutes and Prostitution in the Cinema (Wisconsin Film Studies)
Definitive. Marked Women will be the basic reference point for anyone doing any further work in the subject of representations of female prostitution in world cinema. - Chuck Kleinhans, coeditor of Jump Cut