The Routledge companion to cinema and gender / edited by Kristin Lené Hole, Dijana Jelača, E. Ann Kaplan, and Patrice Petro. - xix, 492 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm - Routledge companions . - Routledge companions .

Originally published in 2017

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Comprised of 43 innovative contributions, this companion is both an overview of, and intervention into the field of cinema and gender. The essays address a variety of geographical contexts, from an analysis of cinema. A special focus is on women directors in a global context that includes films and filmmakers from Asia, Africa, Australia, Europe, North and South America. The collection also offers a solid overview of feminist contributions to thinking on genre from the 'chick flick' to the action or Western film, to film noir and the slasher.

9781138391840 (pbk) 1138391840

2016017952


Sex role in motion pictures
Sexo en el cine

PN 1995.9 / R869 2019

791.43/653