The violent woman
Subtitle: femininity, narrative, and violence in contemporary American cinema
By: Hilary Neroni.
Series: SUNY series in feminist criticism and theory
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Albany
Language: eng
Number of pages: 203
Subjects: Women in motion pictures.; Violence in motion pictures.; Motion pictures -- United States.
Description: "In The Violent Woman, Hilary Neroni brings psychoanalytically informed film theory to bear on issues of femininity, violence, and narrative in contemporary American cinema. Examining such films as Thelma and Louise, Fargo, Natural Born Killers, and The Long Kiss Goodnight, Neroni explores why American audiences are so fascinated - even excited - by cinematic representations of violent women, and what these representations reveal about violence in our society and our cinema. Neroni argues that violent women characters disrupt cinematic narrative and challenge cultural ideals, suggesting how difficult it is for Hollywood - the greatest of ideology machines - to integrate the violent woman into its typical narrative structure."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.