All That Hollywood Allows Re-Reading Gender in 1950s Melodrama |
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| Author:
| Byars, Jackie |
| Series title: | Gender and American Culture Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8078-4312-3 |
| Publication Date: | Jun 1991 |
| Publisher: | University of North Carolina Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $55.00 |
Book Description:
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Explores the representation of gender in popular Hollywood melodramas of the 1950s, the last decade in which film enjoyed a pivotal cultural position. Both a work of feminist film criticism and theory and an analysis of popular culture, this provocative book examines from a cultural studies perspective the top-grossing film melodramas of that decade.
Explores the representation of gender in popular Hollywood melodramas of the 1950s, the last decade in which film enjoyed a pivotal cultural position. Both a work of feminist film criticism and theory and an analysis of popular culture, this provocative book examines from a cultural studies perspective the top-grossing film melodramas of that decade.