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