Women's Film and Female Experience, 1940-1950

Women's Film and Female Experience, 1940-1950
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Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages : 272
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ISBN-10 : 9780313391118
ISBN-13 : 0313391114
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Book Synopsis Women's Film and Female Experience, 1940-1950 by : Andrea Walsh

Download or read book Women's Film and Female Experience, 1940-1950 written by Andrea Walsh and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 1986-09-10 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Women's Film and Female Experience takes a fresh look at a wide range of popular women's films in order to discover what American female consciousness in the 1940s was really about. The author traces the evolution and development of the Hollywood women's film, and describes the social history of American women in the 1940s. She then analyzes dominant narrative patterns within popular women's films of the decade: the maternal drama, the career woman comedy, and the films of suspicion and distrust.


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