ISBN10: 0819562912, ISBN13: 9780819562913, [publisher: Wesleyan University Press] Softcover New. Fast Shipping and good customer service
[Fayetteville, TX, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1995]

Wesleyan University Press, Date: 1995-05-15. First Edition. paperback. Used: Good. 1995. Wesleyan University Press ISBN 0819562912 9780819562913 [US]

Wesleyan University Press 1995 Large type / large print. Trade paperback Good Ships in a BOX from Central Missouri! May not include working access code. Will not include dust jacket. Has used sticker(s) and some writing or highlighting. UPS shipping for most packages, (Priority Mail for AK/HI/APO/PO Boxes).

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 Buy with confidence! Book is in acceptable condition with wear to the pages, binding, and some marks within
[Amherst, NY, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1995]

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]

Used - isbn: 0819562912 - isbn13: 9780819562913 Wesleyan University Press

Wesleyan University Press 1995 Large type / large print. Paperback Fair Acceptable-This is a significantly damaged book. It should be considered a reading copy only. Please order this book only if you are interested in the content and not the condition. May be ex-library. PAPERBACK Standard-sized.

Wesleyan University Press 1995 Large type / large print. Paperback Good-Bumped and creased book with tears to the extremities, but not affecting the text block, may have remainder mark or previous owner's name-GOOD PAPERBACK Standard-sized.

Wesleyan University Press 1995 Large type / large print. Trade paperback Good Cover/Case has some rubbing and edgewear. Access codes, CD's, slipcovers and other accessories may not be included.

ISBN10: 0819562912, ISBN13: 9780819562913, [publisher: Wesleyan University Press] Softcover Cover/Case has some rubbing and edgewear. Access codes, CDs, slipcovers and other accessories may not be included.
[Brooklyn Park, MN, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1995]