The violent woman : femininity, narrative, and violence in contemporary American cinema /

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"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...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Neroni, Hilary, 1969-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Albany : State University of New York Press, ©2005.
Series:SUNY series in feminist criticism and theory.
Subjects:
Women in motion pictures.
Violence in motion pictures.
Motion pictures > United States.
Femmes au cinéma.
Violence au cinéma.
Cinéma > États-Unis.
PERFORMING ARTS > Film & Video > Reference.
Motion pictures
Violence in motion pictures
Women in motion pictures
Gewalt > Motiv
Frau > Motiv
Film
United States
USA
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Complementarity and its discontents : an overview of violent women in American film
  • Expressions of masculinity : the traditions of violence in American film
  • Female murderers : America's recurring nightmare
  • Romancing trauma : the violent woman in contemporary American film
  • Violent women of love
  • Femininity on the front line : portrayals of violent women in recent military films
  • Conclusion : The Long kiss goodnight.

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