Ageing Femininity on Screen : The Older Woman in Contemporary Cinema (Library of Gender and Popular Culture)

Ageing Femininity on Screen : The Older Woman in Contemporary Cinema (Library of Gender and Popular Culture)

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  • 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版/ページ数 240 p.
  • 言語 ENG
  • 商品コード 9781784532802
  • DDC分類 791

Full Description


What can feminism, queer theory and media studies bring to our understanding of cinema and television's older leading ladies? Addressing the groundswell of scholarly interest in age and its representation, Ageing Femininity analyses contemporary screen depictions of older women that have attempted to challenge the history of negative stereotypes such as the grotesque hag or the dotty old dear. Studying recent examples of age-affirmation film and television, this important book considers how issues of cinematic genre (ranging from heritage cinema to the action movie), narrative, aesthetics and strategies of performance, such as age camp and age drag, can promote a sensibility of "successful ageing" on the screen.

Contents

IntroductionGendering Gentility Heritage and Ageing Challenging `Dottiness': The Older Female Sleuth Enter the Dragon: Older Femininity and Civilized Unruliness Lavender Ladies: Camp, (Ef)femininity and Old The Erotics of Friendship Conclusion

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