Postfeminism and Contemporary Hollywood Cinema [electronic resource] /
Gwynne, J.editor.
Muller, N.editor.
By analyzing the negotiation of femininities and masculinities within contemporary Hollywood cinema, Postfeminism and Contemporary Hollywood Cinema presents diverse interrogations of popular cinema and illustrates the need for a renewed scholarly focus on contemporary film production.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Machine generated contents note: -- Introduction: Postfeminism and Contemporary Hollywood Cinema; Joel Gwynne and Nadine Muller -- PART I: POSTFEMINIST FEMININITIES -- 1. Neo-Feminism In-Between: Female Cosmopolitan Subjects in Contemporary American Film; Ana Moya -- 2. Querying Postfeminism in Lisa Cholodenko's The Kids Are All Right; Clara Bradbury-Rance -- 3. The Slut that Wasn't: Virginity, (Post)Feminism and Representation in Easy A; Katherine Farrimond -- 4. The Girls of Zeta: Sororities, Ideal Femininity and the Makeover Paradigm in The House Bunny; Joel Gwynne -- 5. Ageing Appropriately: Postfeminist Discourses of Ageing in Contemporary Hollywood; Imelda Whelehan -- PART II: POSTFEMINIST MASCULINITIES -- 6. 'Chuck Flick': A Genealogy of the Postfeminist Male Singleton; Benjamin A. Brabon -- 7. The Chick's 'New Hero': (Re)Constructing Masculinity in the Postfeminist 'Chick Flick'; Amy Burns -- 8. Hollywood Fatherhood: Paternal Postfeminism in Contemporary Popular Cinema; Hanna Hamad -- 9. Mancaves and Cushions: Marking Masculine and Feminine Domestic Space in Postfeminist Romantic Comedy; Lauren Jade Thompson -- 10. 'We're not making forward progress': Postfeminist Hypermasculinity in Heat; Vincent M. Gaine -- PART III: POSTFEMINISM AND GENRE -- 11. Towards a New Sexual Conservatism in Postfeminist Romantic Comedy; Alexia Bowler -- 12. Hell is a Teenage Girl? Postfeminism and Contemporary Teen Horror; Martin Fradley -- 13. 'A New Feminist Revolution in Hollywood Comedy'?: Postfeminist Discourses and the Critical Reception of Bridesmaids; Helen Warner -- 14. Blood, Sweat and Tears: Women, Sport and Hollywood; Katharina Lindner.
By analyzing the negotiation of femininities and masculinities within contemporary Hollywood cinema, Postfeminism and Contemporary Hollywood Cinema presents diverse interrogations of popular cinema and illustrates the need for a renewed scholarly focus on contemporary film production.
Motion pictures—United States.
Motion pictures—History.
Arts.
Motion pictures and television.
Film genres.
Communication.
American Cinema and TV.
Film History.
Arts.
Screen Studies.
Genre.
Media Studies.