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Bad women : regulating sexuality in early American cinema / Janet Staiger.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Staiger, Janet.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Women in motion pictures.
- Sex in motion pictures.
- Motion pictures--United States--History.
- Motion pictures.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (227 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c1995.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Bad Women takes us back to this time of massive social, cultural, and economic change to show us how American cinema gave women and women's sexuality images useful to the new consumer culture of the early 1900's and its exploitation of sexual pleasure. Rich in historical detail and theoretical insight, this book offers an original depiction of a culture in transition, a sexual sensibility in the making, and film's participation in the change.
- Contents:
- Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface; 1 The Repeal of Reticence; 2 Sex O'Clock in America; 3 Troublesome Pictures; 4 From Boston to Bombay; 5 The White Slave; 6 The Vamp; 7 The Butterfly; Conclusion; Notes; Filmography and Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 208-217) and index.
- Filmography: p. 207-208.
- ISBN:
- 9780816686575
- 0816686572
- OCLC:
- 476093899
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