Heroines Without Heroes
Subtitle: Reconstructing Female and National Identities in European Cinema, 1945-51 (Women Make Cinema)
Publisher: Cassell; Orion Publishing Group, Limited
Published: May 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 212
ISBN-13: 9780304702497
Subjects: Cultural studies; European history: postwar, from c 1945 -; Films, cinema; Social history; Women's studies; c 1945 to c 1960; Specific Groups In Film; Performing Arts; Pop Arts / Pop Culture; Cinema/Film: Book; Film & Video - History & Criticism; General; Women's Studies - General; Europe; History; Motion pictures; Women in motion pictures
Description: "This anthology explores a little-examined period of European film history (1945-1951) and places gender at the centre of struggles around national identity. Ulrike Sieglohr compares and contrasts the post-war cinemas of Britain, France, Germany, Italy, and Spain in order to examine how representations of women in this period emerged from specific national contexts. She further analyzes the appeal of particular stars and the political and social conditions that contributed to their popularity."--