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Hollywood divas, indie queens, and TV heroines : contemporary screen images of women / Susanne Kord and Elisabeth Krimmer.
Van Pelt Library PN1995.9.W6 K597 2005
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kord, Susanne.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Women in motion pictures.
- Motion pictures--United States.
- Motion pictures.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- vi, 185 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield, 2005.
- Summary:
- Hollywood Divas, Indie Queens, and TV Heroines offers an entertaining and critical look at the representation of women in recent movies. Written in a refreshingly accessible style, the book analyzes over thirty box-office hits. The authors explore the screen personae of top stars such as Julia Roberts, Sandra Bullock, Meg Ryan, and Renze Zellweger, as well as independent movie queens like Parker Posey and TV heroines like Sarah Michelle Gellar of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. A must-read book for all film buffs who are tired of the mixed gender messages of mainstream culture.
- Contents:
- Part I Hollywood 1
- 1 The Newborn Identity / Julia Roberts 17
- 2 Running Woman / Sandra Bullock 37
- 3 Sleeping with the Enemy / Meg Ryan 57
- 4 The Real World Is Not Enough / Renee Zellweger 75
- 5 Highlights and Low Points / Affairs of State and Kung Fu Bunnies 89
- Part II Some Alternatives 113
- 6 Hidden Alternatives / Judi Dench, Kathy Bates, Parker Posey, Whoopi Goldberg, Frances McDormand 115
- 7 Vamp(ire)s and Those Who Kill Them / Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Dana Scully 141
- Conclusion: Is This as Good as It Gets? 161.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-175) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0742537080
- 0742537099
- OCLC:
- 55595565
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