Girl Reporter: Gender, Journalism, and the Movies

by Howard Good

Howard Good uses Torchy Blane, the hero of nine Warner Brothers films from the 1930s, as the centerpiece of this important cultural study of Hollywood's infatuation with the female reporter. Good argues that, despite illusions of equality between male and female reporters on film, many portrayals of female reporters in fact reinforce traditional gender roles.

Good draws on a variety of cultural materials to deploy his argument. Not only does...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0810833980
• ISBN13: 9780810833982
• Release Date: May 1998
• Publisher: Scarecrow Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.3" x 8.3"