Nancy Meyers / Deborah Jermyn.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jermyn, Deborah, 1970- author.

Series:

Bloomsbury companions to contemporary filmmakers.

The Bloomsbury companions to contemporary filmmakers.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Meyers, Nancy--Criticism and interpretation.

Meyers, Nancy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (271 pages) : illustrations.

Distribution:

London, England : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2020

Place of Publication:

London, England : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2020.

Summary:

This text proposes that Nancy Meyers' box-office success, the consistency of style and theme across her films, and the breadth of her body of work as a writer/producer/director across more than three decades at the forefront of Hollywood, (thus importantly bridging the second/third waves of feminism) make her a key contemporary US filmmaker.

Contents:

List of illustrations

Acknowledgements

Preface

Introduction: Women, Hollywood and the Politics of the Popular

1. KEY COLLABORATIVE RELATIONSHIPS

Meet The Shmeyers: Meyers as writer-producer and the 'writing couple' leitmotif

2. WAYS OF WATCHING

The Romcom Queen: Gender, genre and cultural value

3. RETHINKING AUTHORSHIP

The wrong kind of woman filmmaker?: Meyers, feminism, and the quandaries of the female auteur

4. KEY CONCEPTS

'Your age is my favourite thing about you': Meyers' older women and the gendered experience of ageing

Conclusion

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2017. Digital resource published 2018.

Includes bibliographical references, filmography and index.

Contains:

Bloomsbury Academic: Screen Studies (Australia/New Zealand)

ISBN:

9781501396380

1501396382

9781628921755

1628921757

OCLC:

1201425979