Talkies, Road Movies and Chick Flicks: Gender, Genre and Film Sound in American Cinema
Author:   Heidi Wilkins (Journalist and Independent Scholar)
Publisher:   Edinburgh University Press
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Pages:   216
Publication Date:   19 February 2016
Format:   Hardback
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Talkies, Road Movies and Chick Flicks: Gender, Genre and Film Sound in American Cinema


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Author:   Heidi Wilkins (Journalist and Independent Scholar)
Publisher:   Edinburgh University Press
Imprint:   Edinburgh University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.482kg
ISBN:  

9781474406895


ISBN 10:   1474406890
Pages:   216
Publication Date:   19 February 2016
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

AcknowledgmentsIntroductionChapter One: Talking Back: Voice in Screwball ComedyChapter Two: All That Jazz: The Diegetic Soundtrack in MelodramaChapter Three: The Alienated Male: Silence and the Soundtrack in New HollywoodChapter Four: Brothers in Arms: Masculinity and the Vietnam War MovieChapter Five: Subversive Sound: Gender, Technology and the Science Fiction BlockbusterChapter Six: Girl Talk: The Postmodern Female Voice in Chick FlicksConclusionBibliography

Reviews

Heidi Wilkins book provides a welcome contribution to film/sound studies. The neglected issue of gender in relation to film sound in American mainstream cinema is well explored and vividly discussded. This book should appeal to a wide variety of readers. The writing is fluent and thoughtful throughout. -- Stephen Deutsch, Bournemouth University


Heidi Wilkins book provides a welcome contribution to film/sound studies. The neglected issue of gender in relation to film sound in American mainstream cinema is well explored and vividly discussded. This book should appeal to a wide variety of readers. The writing is fluent and thoughtful throughout. -- Stephen Deutsch, Bournemouth University


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Heidi Wilkins is a journalist and independent scholar. She has taught film studies at the University of Essex and has published several articles about film sound and gender in contemporary American cinema.

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