Representations of Femininity in American Genre Cinema

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Representations of Femininity in American Genre Cinema is written by David Greven and published by Springer. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0230118836 (ISBN 10) and 9780230118836 (ISBN 13).

The theme of female transformation informs the Hollywood representation of femininity from the studio era to the present. Whether it occurs physically, emotionally, or on some other level, transformation allows female protagonists to negotiate their own complex desires and to resist the compulsory marriage plot. A sweeping study of Hollywood from Now, Voyager, The Heiress, and Flamingo Road to Carrie, the Alien films, The Brave One, and the slasher horror genre, this book boldly unsettles commonplace understandings of genre film, female sexuality, and Freudian theory as it makes a strong new case for the queer relevance of female representation.