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Working Girls

Yvonne Tasker
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      This text investigates the thematic concerns of contemporary Hollywood cinema, and its ambivalent articulation of women as both active, and defined by sexual performance, asking whether new Hollywood cinema has responded to feminism and contemporary sexual identities. Popular cinema has often assumed an equation between working women and sexuality or sexual performance, an association encapsulated in the phrase "working girls". While feminist criticism has embraced the transgressive power of modern "femmes fatale" such as Linda Fiorentino in "The Last Seduction", the recurrent, class-bound figure of the prostitute has received less attention. Through a series of case-studies, the author of this text covers a wide range of contemporary genres to provide a thorough analysis of the representation and role of women in contemporary popular cinema as actors, viewers and directors, and tackles questions raised by female authorship in film. Whether analyzing the rise of films centred around female friendships or the entrance of pop stars such as Whitney Houston and Madonna into film, this title offers an authoritative investigation of the presence of women both as filmmakers and actors in
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: Yvonne Tasker EAN: 9780415140041 COUNTRY: United Kingdom PAGES: WEIGHT: 566 g HEIGHT: 234 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Taylor & Francis Ltd DATE PUBLISHED: 1998-04-09 CITY: GENRE: PERFORMING ARTS / Film / History & Criticism, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies WIDTH: 156 cm SPINE:

      Book Themes:

      United States of America, USA, Films, cinema, Feminism and feminist theory

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      This text investigates the thematic concerns of contemporary Hollywood cinema, and its ambivalent articulation of women as both active, and defined by sexual performance, asking whether new Hollywood cinema has responded to feminism and contemporary sexual identities. Popular cinema has often assumed an equation between working women and sexuality or sexual performance, an association encapsulated in the phrase "working girls". While feminist criticism has embraced the transgressive power of modern "femmes fatale" such as Linda Fiorentino in "The Last Seduction", the recurrent, class-bound figure of the prostitute has received less attention. Through a series of case-studies, the author of this text covers a wide range of contemporary genres to provide a thorough analysis of the representation and role of women in contemporary popular cinema as actors, viewers and directors, and tackles questions raised by female authorship in film. Whether analyzing the rise of films centred around female friendships or the entrance of pop stars such as Whitney Houston and Madonna into film, this title offers an authoritative investigation of the presence of women both as filmmakers and actors in
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: Yvonne Tasker EAN: 9780415140041 COUNTRY: United Kingdom PAGES: WEIGHT: 566 g HEIGHT: 234 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Taylor & Francis Ltd DATE PUBLISHED: 1998-04-09 CITY: GENRE: PERFORMING ARTS / Film / History & Criticism, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies WIDTH: 156 cm SPINE:

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      United States of America, USA, Films, cinema, Feminism and feminist theory

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