The woman's film of the 1940s : gender, narrative, and history /
McKee, Alison L.,1961-author.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-198) and index.
Introduction: To speak of love -- Film theory, narrative, and the 1940s woman's film -- The fate of one governess: Lost narrative, history, and gendered desire -- Melodrama, history, and narrative recovery -- Temporality and the past: Haunting narratives and the postwar woman's film -- By my tears I tell a story/The "absent" war -- Telling the story differently: Toward an androgynous spectatorship and interpretation.
Women in motion pictures.
Sex role in motion pictures.
Motion pictures
Historical films