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Talkies, Road Movies and Chick Flicks: Gender, Genre and Film Sound in American Cinema
Heidi Wilkins
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Hardback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: APFA; AV; GBC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
The representation of gender in film remains an intensely debated topic, particularly in academic considerations of US mainstream cinema where it is often perceived as perpetuating rigid, binary views of gender, and reinforcing patriarchal, dominant notions of masculinity and femininity. While previous scholarly discussion has focused on visual or narrative portrayals of gender, this book considers the ways that film sound music, voice, sound effects and silence is used to represent gender. Taking a socio-historical approach, Heidi Wilkins investigates a range of popular US genres including screwball comedy, the road movie and chick flicks to explore the ways ... Read more
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Publisher
Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
216
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781474406895
SKU
V9781474406895
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