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An authoritative investigation of Hollywood's portrayal of women. WORKING GIRLS examines Hollywood's ambivalent articulation of women as both active and defined by sexual performance, questioning whether new Hollywood film makers even have grasped, much less responded to, feminism and contemporary sexual identities. Photos.

With its pairing of a perverse, invasive anti-hero and a questing, self-searching heroine, Jonathan Demme's The Silence of the Lambs (1990) is a narrative of pursuit at several levels. Yvonne Tasker explores the way the film weaves together gothic, horror and thriller conventions to generate both a distinctive variation on the cinematic portrayal of insanity and crime, and a fascinating intervention in the sexual politics of genre. She identif...

Examines the work of the popular and influential cinematic figures. This title provides an overview of each director's contribution to cinema, incorporating a discussion of their career, major works and impact. It examines various directors, such as: Martin Scorsese, Steven Spielberg, Sofia Coppola, Julie Dash, Shane Meadow, and, more.

Covering both Hollywood and also European and Asian action cinema, this exciting collection addresses action and adventure from the silent to the contemporary period exploring diverse questions of aesthetics, industry and ideology.

Ever since Douglas Fairbanks let a sword do his talking in the swashbuckling films of the silent era, the action and adventure genre has evolved into one of the most enduring box-office draws in cinematic history. The Hollywood Action and Adventure Film presents a comprehensive overview and analysis of the history, myriad themes, and critical approaches to the action and adventure genre in American cinema. The book explores the genre's amazing...

Ever since Douglas Fairbanks let a sword do his talking in the swashbuckling films of the silent era, the action and adventure genre has evolved into one of the most enduring box-office draws in cinematic history. The Hollywood Action and Adventure Film presents a comprehensive overview and analysis of the history, myriad themes, and critical approaches to the action and adventure genre in American cinema. The book explores the genre's amazing...

A comprehensive feminist analysis of representations of military women in film and television in the U.S. and the United Kingdom, from World War II to the present.

A comprehensive feminist analysis of representations of military women in film and television in the U.S. and the United Kingdom, from World War II to the present.

Fifty Contemporary Film Directors examines the work of some of today¿s most popular and influential cinematic figures. It provides an accessible overview of each director¿s contribution to cinema, incorporating a discussion of their career, major works and impact. Revised throughout and with twelve new entries, this second edition is an up-to-date introduction to some of the most prominent film makers of the present day. The directors, from di...

In this study Yvonne Tasker explores the way the film weaves together gothic, horror and thriller conventions to generate both a distinctive variation on the cinematic portrayal of insanity and crime, and a fascinating intervention in the sexual politics of genre.