Feminist Film Theory and Pretty Woman

Feminist Film Theory and Pretty Woman
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Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages : 216
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ISBN-10 : 9781501319433
ISBN-13 : 1501319434
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Download or read book Feminist Film Theory and Pretty Woman written by Mari Ruti and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2016-10-20 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Feminist Film Theory and Pretty Woman, Mari Ruti traces the development of feminist film theory from its foundational concepts such as the male gaze, female spectatorship, and the masquerade of femininity to 21st-century analyses of neoliberal capitalism, consumerism, postfeminism, and the revival of “girly” femininity as a cultural ideal. By interpreting Pretty Woman as a movie that defies easy categorization as either feminist or antifeminist, the book counters the all-too-common critical dismissal of romantic comedies as mindless drivel preoccupied with trivial “feminine” concerns such as love and shopping. The book's lucid presentation of the key concerns of feminist film theory, along with its balanced reading of Pretty Woman, shed light on a Hollywood genre often overlooked by film critics: the romantic comedy.


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