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Women in British cinema : mad, bad and dangerous to know / Sue Harper.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Harper, Sue.
Series:
Rethinking British cinema.
Rethinking British cinema
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Women in the motion picture industry--Great Britain.
Women in the motion picture industry.
Women in motion pictures.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (278 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
Place of Publication:
London ; New York : Continuum, 2000.
Summary:
This book takes a broad perspective and analyses the ways in which the British film industry has dealt with women and their creativity from 1930 to the present. The first part of the book deals comprehensively with different historical periods in British film culture, showing how the 'agency' of production company, director, distribution company or scriptwriter can bring about new patterns of female stereotyping. The second part looks at the input of women workers into the film process. It assesses the work of women in a variety of roles: directors such as Wendy Toye and Sally Potter, producer
Contents:
pt. 1. Mainstream representations
pt. 2. Women's work.
Notes:
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-242) and indexes.
ISBN:
9786613205520
9781283205528
1283205521
9781441134981
1441134980
OCLC:
741691520

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