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Screening Genders: The American Science Fiction Film
Krin Gabbard
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Gender roles have been tested, challenged, and redefined everywhere during the past thirty years, but perhaps nowhere more dramatically than in film. Screening Genders is a lively and engaging introduction to the evolving representations of masculinity, femininity, and places once thought to be "in between."
The book begins with a general introduction that traces the movement of gender theory from the margins of film studies to its center. The ten essays that follow address a range of topics, including screen stars; depictions of gay, straight, queer, and transgender subjects; and the relationship between gender and genre. Widely respected ... Read more
Gender roles have been tested, challenged, and redefined everywhere during the past thirty years, but perhaps nowhere more dramatically than in film. Screening Genders is a lively and engaging introduction to the evolving representations of masculinity, femininity, and places once thought to be "in between."
The book begins with a general introduction that traces the movement of gender theory from the margins of film studies to its center. The ten essays that follow address a range of topics, including screen stars; depictions of gay, straight, queer, and transgender subjects; and the relationship between gender and genre. Widely respected ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Rutgers University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
Series
Depth of Field Series
Number of Pages
195
Place of Publication
New Brunswick NJ, United States
ISBN
9780813543406
SKU
V9780813543406
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About Krin Gabbard
Krin Gabbard is a professor of comparative literature and English at SUNY Stony Brook and the author of Black Magic: White Hollywood and Black Culture (Rutgers University Press). William Luhr is a professor of English and Film at Saint Peter's College in New Jersey and the coauthor of Thinking About Movies: Watching, Questioning, Enjoying.
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