Feminist Film Theory and Pretty Woman

by Mari Ruti

Book Overview

In Feminist Film Theory and Pretty Woman, Mari Ruti traces the development of feminist film theory from its foundational concepts such as the male gaze, female spectatorship, and the masquerade of femininity to 21st-century analyses of neoliberal capitalism, consumerism, postfeminism, and the revival of "girly" femininity as a cultural ideal. By interpreting Pretty Woman as a movie that defies easy categorization as either feminist or...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1501319469
• ISBN13: 9781501319464
• Release Date: October 2016
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 4.9" x 7.7"