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Overview"A lively portrayal of Hollywood's contradictory message of conformity and riotous freedom in films about women's lives and loves. In this highly readable and entertaining book, Jeanine 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 -- strong women playing out liberating fantasies of power, romance, sexuality, luxury, even wickedness. Never mind that the celluloid personas of Bette Davis, Myrna Loy, Katharine Hepburn, Joan Crawford, or Rita Hayworth see their folly and return to their man or lament his loss in the last five minutes of the picture; for the first eighty-five minutes the audience watched as these characters ""wore great clothes, sat on great furniture, loved bad men, had lots of sex, told the world off for restricting them, even gave their children away."" Basinger examines dozens of films -- whether melodrama, screwball comedy, musical, film noir, western, or biopic -- to make a persuasive case that the woman's film was a rich, complicated, and subversive genre that recognized and addressed, if covertly, the problems of women." Full Product DetailsAuthor: Jeanine BasingerPublisher: Wesleyan University Press Imprint: Wesleyan University Press Edition: Large type / large print edition Dimensions: Width: 15.50cm , Height: 3.80cm , Length: 23.50cm Weight: 0.762kg ISBN: 9780819562913ISBN 10: 0819562912 Pages: 542 Publication Date: 23 June 1995 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsWitty, spirited, �and� satisfyingly comprehensive . . . A Woman's View is bright, lively, jargon-free, densely argued, never ponderous . . . Basinger knows how to nail what she's going after. --Boston Globe .Witty, spirited, [and] satisfyingly comprehensive . . . A Woman's View is bright, lively, jargon-free, densely argued, never ponderous . . . Basinger knows how to nail what she's going after.. Boston Globe .Ms. Basinger analyzes Hollywood's view with affectionate wit and verve . . . Her book is a timely reminder that female rebellion didn't start with Thelma and Louise.. New York Times Book Review .An intelligent, thought-provoking look at a genre too often dismissed as either sheer trash or simply another cultural instrument of female oppression. Basinger possesses -- and conveys -- a lively appreciation for the complexities of popular culture.. Washington Post Book World Boston Globe New York Times Book Review Washington Post Book World Cineaste -A book about the 'woman's film, ' and written in clear, intelligible prose, is almost as alluring as the best of the films themselves . . . a book with fascinating detail that stays readable to the end.---Cineaste -An intelligent, thought-provoking look at a genre too often dismissed as either sheer trash or simply another cultural instrument of female oppression. Basinger possesses--and conveys--a lively appreciation for the complexities of popular culture.---Washington Post Book World -Ms. Basinger analyzes Hollywood's view with affectionate wit and verve . . . Her book is a timely reminder that female rebellion didn't start with Thelma and Louise.---New York Times Book Review -Witty, spirited, [and] satisfyingly comprehensive . . . A Woman's View is bright, lively, jargon-free, densely argued, never ponderous . . . Basinger knows how to nail what she's going after.---Boston Globe A book about the 'woman's film, ' and written in clear, intelligible prose, is almost as alluring as the best of the films themselves . . . a book with fascinating detail that stays readable to the end. --Cineaste An intelligent, thought-provoking look at a genre too often dismissed as either sheer trash or simply another cultural instrument of female oppression. Basinger possesses--and conveys--a lively appreciation for the complexities of popular culture. --Washington Post Book World Witty, spirited, [and] satisfyingly comprehensive . . . A Woman's View is bright, lively, jargon-free, densely argued, never ponderous . . . Basinger knows how to nail what she's going after. --Boston Globe A book about the woman s film, and written in clear, intelligible prose, is almost as alluring as the best of the films themselves . . . a book with fascinating detail that stays readable to the end. Cineaste An intelligent, thought-provoking look at a genre too often dismissed as either sheer trash or simply another cultural instrument of female oppression. Basinger possesses and conveys a lively appreciation for the complexities of popular culture. Washington Post Book World Ms. Basinger analyzes Hollywood s view with affectionate wit and verve . . . Her book is a timely reminder that female rebellion didn t start with Thelma and Louise. New York Times Book Review Witty, spirited, [and] satisfyingly comprehensive . . . A Woman s View is bright, lively, jargon-free, densely argued, never ponderous . . . Basinger knows how to nail what she s going after. Boston Globe A book about the 'woman's film, ' and written in clear, intelligible prose, is almost as alluring as the best of the films themselves . . . a book with fascinating detail that stays readable to the end. --Cineaste Ms. Basinger analyzes Hollywood's view with affectionate wit and verve . . . Her book is a timely reminder that female rebellion didn't start with Thelma and Louise. --New York Times Book Review A book about the 'woman's film, ' and written in clear, intelligible prose, is almost as alluring as the best of the films themselves . . . a book with fascinating detail that stays readable to the end. --Cineaste Author Information"JEANINE BASINGER is Corwin-Fuller Professor of Film Studies and Curator of Cinema Archives at Wesleyan University. Her most recent book is Silent Stars (1999), and her other books include American Cinema (1994), The ""It's a Wonderful Life"" Book (1990), and The World War II Combat Film (1986)." Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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