The Postfeminist Biopic [electronic resource] : Narrating the Lives of Plath, Kahlo, Woolf and Austen /
Polaschek, B.author.
This book contributes to the growing literature on the biopic genre by outlining and exploring the conventions of the postfeminist biopic. It does so by analyzing recent films about the lives of famous women including Sylvia Plath, Frida Kahlo, Virginia Woolf and Jane Austen.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Contents; List of Figures; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Feminist Film Theory and Postfeminist Culture; 2 The Biopic Genre; 3 The Postfeminist Historical Woman in Sylvia; 4 Frida and the Postfeminist Artist Biopic; 5 The Hours, Feminisms and Women's Art; 6 Postfeminist Spectatorship in Becoming Jane; Conclusion: The Postfeminist Biopic; Notes; Bibliography; Filmography; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This book contributes to the growing literature on the biopic genre by outlining and exploring the conventions of the postfeminist biopic. It does so by analyzing recent films about the lives of famous women including Sylvia Plath, Frida Kahlo, Virginia Woolf and Jane Austen.
Plath, Sylvia
Kahlo, Frida
Woolf, Virginia, 1882-1941
Austen, Jane, 1775-1817
Literature, Modern—20th century.
Motion pictures—History.
Culture—Study and teaching.
Sociology.
Fiction.
Motion pictures and television.
Twentieth-Century Literature.
Film History.
Regional and Cultural Studies.
Gender Studies.
Fiction.
Screen Studies.