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Wesleyan University Press, Date: 1995-05-15. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! 1995. Wesleyan University Press ISBN 0819562912 9780819562913 [US]
ISBN10: 0819562912, ISBN13: 9780819562913, [publisher: University Press of New England] Softcover New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000. [Wood Dale, IL, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1995]
University Press of New England 6/23/1995 12: 00: 00 AM Large type / large print edition Softcover New Book. Shipped from UK in 4 to 14 days. Established seller since 2000. Please note we cannot offer an expedited shipping service from the UK.
Paperback / softback. New. A lively portrayal of Hollywood's contradictory message of conformity and riotous freedom in films about women's lives and loves. ISBN 0819562912 9780819562913 [GB]
Wesleyan University Press 1993 Large type / large print. Trade paperback This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has soft covers. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 850grams, ISBN: 9780819562913.
Hanover NH: Wesleyan University Press, Date: 1993. 1st. Softcover. Very Good/None. Softcover, 542 pages. Now, Voyager, Stella Dallas, Leaver Her to Heaven, Imitation of Life, Mildred Pierce, Gilda …these are only a few of the hundreds of “women’s films” that poured out of Hollywood during the thirties, forties, and fifties. The films were widely disparate in subject, sentiment, and technique, they nonetheless shared one dual to provide the audience (of women, primarily) with temporary liberation into a screen dream—of romance, sexuality, luxury, suffering, or even wickedness—and then send it home reminded of, reassured by, and resigned to the fact that no matter what else she might do, a woman’s most important job was…to be a woman. Now, with boundless knowledge and infectious enthusiasm, Jeanine Basinger illuminates the various surprising and subversive ways in which women’s films delivered their message. Basinger examines dozens of films, exploring the seemingly intractable contradictions at the convoluted heart of the woman’s genre—among them, the dilemma of the strong and glamorous woman who cedes her power when she feels it threatening her personal happiness, and the self-abnegating woman whose selflessness is not always as “noble” as it appears. Basinger looks at the stars who played these women and helps us understand the qualities—the right off-screen personae, the right on-screen attitudes, the right faces—that made them personify ...
ISBN10: 0819562912, ISBN13: 9780819562913, [publisher: Wesleyan University Press] Softcover This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,850grams, ISBN:9780819562913 [Lincoln, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 1993]
Wesleyan University Press, Date: 1993. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,850grams, ISBN:9780819562913 1993. Wesleyan University Press ISBN 0819562912 9780819562913 [GB]
ISBN10: 0819562912, ISBN13: 9780819562913, [publisher: Wesleyan University Press] Softcover This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,850grams, ISBN:9780819562913 [Lincoln, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 1993]
UsedGood. Cover/Case has some rubbing and edgewear. Access codes, CD's, slipcovers and other accessories may not be included. ISBN 0819562912 9780819562913 [US]
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