Neo-Feminist Cinema: Girly Films, Chick Flicks, and Consumer Culture

by Hilary Radner

Book Overview

What lies behind current feminist discontent with contemporary cinema?

Through a combination of cultural and industry analysis, Hilary Radner's Neo-Feminist Cinema: Girly Films, Chick Flicks and Consumer Culture shows how the needs of conglomerate Hollywood have encouraged an emphasis on consumer culture within films made for women. By exploring a number of representative "girly films," including Pretty Woman, Legally Blonde, Maid in Manhattan,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415877741
• ISBN13: 9780415877749
• Release Date: October 2010
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"