Femininity in the Frame: Women and 1950s British Popular Cinema (Cinema and Society)
Melanie Bell
It's widely assumed that Britain in the 1950s experienced a return post-war to traditional gender roles & that popular cinema represented this era of the mythological "happy housewife" with boys-own tales of derring do. Melanie Bell challenges such received understandings with this sharply observant account of how British cinema engaged with femininity & women's roles during an important period of social & cultural change.
In a lively & accessible manner, she shows that the period was marked by social unease & anxiety about gender roles & femininity through analyzing marginalized figures such as prostitutes, criminals & 'femmes fatales' & addressing themes of modernity, marriage & female friendship.
This revealing book shows how many British films, like The Perfect Woman or Young Wives' Tale, expressed proto-feminist ideas & explored new forms of femininity in a manner that has not until now generally been recognized.
In a lively & accessible manner, she shows that the period was marked by social unease & anxiety about gender roles & femininity through analyzing marginalized figures such as prostitutes, criminals & 'femmes fatales' & addressing themes of modernity, marriage & female friendship.
This revealing book shows how many British films, like The Perfect Woman or Young Wives' Tale, expressed proto-feminist ideas & explored new forms of femininity in a manner that has not until now generally been recognized.
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Year:
2009
Publisher:
I. B. Tauris
Language:
english
Pages:
241
ISBN 10:
1848851596
ISBN 13:
9781848851597
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PDF, 5.34 MB
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english, 2009
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