A Woman's View: How Hollywood Spoke to Women, 1930-1960
Item Number
PN1995.9.W6
Author/Artist/Editor
Jeanine Basinger
Type
Book, Hard Copy
Date
1995
Press/Publisher
Wesleyan University Press
Language
English
Description
In this book, Basinger shows how the "woman's film" of the 30s, 40s, and 50s sent a potent mixed message to millions of female moviegoers. At the same time that such films exhorted women to stick to their "proper" realm of men, marriage, and motherhood, they portrayed--usually with relish--srong women playing out liberating fantasies of power, romance, sexuality, luxury, even wickedness.
Important Notes
Black and white illustrations.
Keywords
Film, Feminism, Hollywood
ISSN/ISBN
0-8195-6291-2
Availability
Available
OCLC
53840282