Sportswomen in Cinema: Film and the Frailty Myth

by Nicholas Chare

Book Overview

Sportswomen in Cinema considers both documentary and fiction films from a variety of periods and cultures, by directors including Kathryn Bigelow, Gurinder Chadha, Im Soon-rye, George Kukor, Ida Lupino, and Leni Riefenstahl. Drawing from psychoanalytic and phenomenological theories, the book presents a series of landmark close readings of films featuring a variety of different forms of athletic activity, including baseball, basketball, bodybuilding,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1350418994
• ISBN13: 9781350418998
• Release Date: June 2023
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 258 Pages
• Weight: 0.81 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"