"Feminist film theory will soon be a quarter of a century old. It has known the euphoria of the 1970s, experienced the contradictions of the 1980s, and glimpsed the reversals and political gains, which include women of color, of the 1990s." But, Patricia Mellencamp asks, what is the next move? In this challenging look at twenty years of feminist film theory, Mellencamp elaborates on its rich history, drawing on her personal academic life, and offering inventive readings of a remarkable variety of films: recent Hollywood releases like Forest Gump, Pulp Fiction, Thelma and Louise, Basic Instinct, and Silence of the Lambs, and features and independent films made by women, such as The Piano, Angie, Orlando, Bedevil, Daughters of the Dust, Privilege, and Forbidden Love. With a clever sense of irony and wit, Mellencamp poses a question from which her analysis takes off: What did Rapunzel, Cinderella and Snow White forget to tell Thelma and Louise? According to Mellencamp, they forgot what comes after "the end," after the wedding to the prince. So many women's stories, often by choice, stop after the prince whisks the princess away to live happily ever after. This book asks, what does "happily" mean for women? And what does "ever after" cost women? This creative call to shift film feminism's infamous "gaze" from sex and bodies to money and work ascertains where film feminism has been and what it needs to progress. Rather than recycling and regaining the same ground, Mellencamp urges film feminism to explore and claim new territory. Author note: Patricia Mellencamp is Professor of Film and Cultural Theory, Department of Art History, the University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee. She has published several books, including High Anxiety: Catastrophe, Scandal, Ageand Indiscretions: Avant-garde Film, Video, and Feminism.
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Genre Book | : Performing Arts |
Author Book | : Patricia Mellencamp |
Publisher | : Temple University Press |
Release Book | : 1995 |
Download Book | : 330 Pages |
ISBN-10 | : 1566394007 |
A Fine Romance
The author presents a hand written, illustrated account of her two months exploring the English countryside.
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Genre Book | : Art |
Author Book | : Susan Branch |
Publisher | : Spring Street Pub |
Release Book | : 2013 |
Download Book | : 260 Pages |
ISBN-10 | : 0984913661 |
A Fine Romance
In a follow-up to Knock Wood, the Emmy Award-winning actress traces the milestone events of her life, including her first marriage, the birth of her daughter, her work on Murphy Brown and her struggles with widowhood.
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Genre Book | : Biography & Autobiography |
Author Book | : Candice Bergen |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Release Book | : 2016-04-05 |
Download Book | : 368 Pages |
ISBN-10 | : 9781476746098 |
A Fine Romance
In A Fine Romance, David Lehman looks at the formation of the American songbook—the timeless numbers that became jazz standards, iconic love songs, and sound tracks to famous movies—and explores the extraordinary fact that this songbook was written almost exclusively by Jews. An acclaimed poet, editor, and cultural critic, David Lehman hears America singing—with a Yiddish accent. He guides us through America in the golden age of song, when “Embraceable You,” “White Christmas,” “Easter Parade,” “Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered,” “Can’t Help Lovin’ Dat Man,” “My Romance,” “Cheek to Cheek,” “Stormy Weather,” and countless others became nothing less than the American sound track. The stories behind these songs, the shows from which many of them came, and the shows from which many of them came, and the composers and lyricists who wrote them give voice to a specifically American saga of love, longing, assimilation, and transformation. Lehman’s analytical skills, wit, and exuberance infuse this book with an energy and a tone like no other: at once sharply observant, personally searching, and attuned to the songs that all of us love. He helps us understand how natural it should be that Wizard of Oz composer Harold Arlen was the son of a cantor who incorporated “Over the Rainbow” into his Sabbath liturgy, and why Cole Porter—the rare non-Jew in this pantheon of musicians who wrote these classic songs shaped America even as America was shaping them. (Part of the Jewish Encounter series)
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Genre Book | : Music |
Author Book | : David Lehman |
Publisher | : Schocken |
Release Book | : 2009-10-06 |
Download Book | : 272 Pages |
ISBN-10 | : 0805242716 |
A Bouquet Of Barbed Wire
Peter Manson's apparently successful life is turned upside down when his beloved teenage daughter Prue reveals she's pregnant by her teacher, Gavin Sorenson. The very heart of the family is threatened as Peter has an intuitive sense that Gavin is on a personal quest for revenge. As Peter becomes consumed by anxiety for his daughter, hatred of his son in law and lust for his secretary, his relationship with his wife, Cassie, becomes increasingly distant. With Peter's marriage at breaking point and facing financial ruin, it's only a matter of time before secrets from the past return to haunt their lives. Famously controversial, the 1970s TV adaptation of A Bouquet of Barbed Wire was watched by 26 million people. ITV's new version is written by Guy Andrews (Lost in Austen, Prime Suspect) and will star Trevor Eve, Hermione Norris and Imogen Poots.
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Genre Book | : Fiction |
Author Book | : Andrea Newman |
Publisher | : Profile Books |
Release Book | : 2010-09-02 |
Download Book | : 336 Pages |
ISBN-10 | : 9781847656544 |
A Fine Romance
In a follow-up to Knock Wood, the Emmy Award-winning actress traces the milestone events of her life, including her first marriage, the birth of her daughter, her work on Murphy Brown and her struggles with widowhood.
Product Details :
Genre Book | : Biography & Autobiography |
Author Book | : Candice Bergen |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Release Book | : 2016-04-05 |
Download Book | : 368 Pages |
ISBN-10 | : 9781476746098 |
A Fine Romance
Knock Wood
A Fine Romance
Fans of musicals will sing when a division president of MGM and industry insider presents her entertaining, illuminating insights on exactly what happens when stage meets screen.
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Genre Book | : Music |
Author Book | : Darcie Denkert |
Publisher | : Billboard Books |
Release Book | : 2005 |
Download Book | : 360 Pages |
ISBN-10 | : 9780823077748 |
A Fine Romance
"'A Fine Romance' is an exhibition about beauty and deceit. Featuring hyper-real paintings and sculptures by a range of contemporary artists, it is as seductive as it is awe-inspiring." -- publisher's website.
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Genre Book | : Art, Australian |
Author Book | : |
Publisher | : |
Release Book | : 2019 |
Download Book | : 1 Pages |
ISBN-10 | : 0648315231 |
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