Postfeminist whiteness : problematising melancholic burden in contemporary Hollywood /

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Kendra Marston interrogates representations of melancholic white femininity in contemporary Hollywood cinema, arguing that the melancholic white woman serves as a vehicle through which to explore the excesses of late capitalism and a crisis of faith in the American dream.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Marston, Kendra (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2018]
Colección:Edinburgh scholarship online.
Temas:
Feminism and motion pictures.
Women, White, in motion pictures.
Melancholy in motion pictures.
Race relations in motion pictures.
Féminisme et cinéma.
Mélancolie au cinéma.
Relations raciales au cinéma.
PERFORMING ARTS > Reference.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > International Relations > General.
Melancholy in motion pictures
Feminism and motion pictures
Race relations in motion pictures
Women, White, in motion pictures
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
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  • Paranoid attachments to suburban dreams: pathological feminitity in Gone Girl and The Girl on the Train
  • Aristocratic whiteness, body trauma and the market logic of melancholia in Black Swan
  • Sofia Coppola's melancholic aesthetic: vanishing femininity in an object-oriented world.

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