Full Description
By analyzing the negotiation of femininities and masculinities within contemporary Hollywood cinema, Postfeminism and Contemporary Hollywood Cinema presents diverse interrogations of popular cinema and illustrates the need for a renewed scholarly focus on contemporary film production.
Contents
Introduction: Postfeminism and Contemporary Hollywood Cinema; Joel Gwynne and Nadine Muller PART I: POSTFEMINIST FEMININITIES 1. Neo-Feminism In-Between: Female Cosmopolitan Subjects in Contemporary American Film; Ana Moya 2. Querying Postfeminism in Lisa Cholodenko's The Kids Are All Right ; Clara Bradbury-Rance 3. The Slut that Wasn't: Virginity, (Post)Feminism and Representation in Easy A ; Katherine Farrimond 4. The Girls of Zeta: Sororities, Ideal Femininity and the Makeover Paradigm in The House Bunny ; Joel Gwynne 5. Ageing Appropriately: Postfeminist Discourses of Ageing in Contemporary Hollywood; Imelda Whelehan PART II: POSTFEMINIST MASCULINITIES 6. 'Chuck Flick': A Genealogy of the Postfeminist Male Singleton; Benjamin A. Brabon 7. The Chick's 'New Hero': (Re)Constructing Masculinity in the Postfeminist 'Chick Flick'; Amy Burns 8. Hollywood Fatherhood: Paternal Postfeminism in Contemporary Popular Cinema; Hannah Hamad 9. Mancaves and Cushions: Marking Masculine and Feminine Domestic Space in Postfeminist Romantic Comedy; Lauren Jade Thompson 10. 'We're not making forward progress': Postfeminist Hypermasculinity in Heat ; Vincent M. Gaine PART III: POSTFEMINISM AND GENRE 11. Towards a New Sexual Conservatism in Postfeminist Romantic Comedy; Alexia Bowler 12. Hell is a Teenage Girl? Postfeminism and Contemporary Teen Horror; Martin Fradley 13. 'A New Feminist Revolution in Hollywood Comedy'?: Postfeminist Discourses and the Critical Reception of Bridesmaids ; Helen Warner 14. Blood, Sweat and Tears: Women, Sport and Hollywood; Katharina Lindner
