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1. Feminism at the Movies

   Understanding Gender in Contemporary Popular Cinema

   Edited by Hilary Radner, Rebecca Stringer

   Feminism at the Movies: Understanding Gender in Contemporary Popular Cinema examines the way that contemporary film reflects today’s changing gender roles. The book offers a comprehensive overview of the central issues in feminist film criticism with analyses of over twenty popular contemporary...

   Published September 19th 2011 by Routledge
2. Neo-Feminist Cinema

   Girly Films, Chick Flicks, and Consumer Culture

   By Hilary Radner

   What lies behind current feminist discontent with contemporary cinema? Through a combination of cultural and industry analysis, Hilary Radner’s Neo-Feminist Cinema: Girly Films, Chick Flicks and Consumer Culture shows how the needs of conglomerate Hollywood have encouraged an emphasis on...

   Published October 24th 2010 by Routledge
3. Shopping Around

   Feminine Culture and the Pursuit of Pleasure

   By Hilary Radner

   Shopping Around investigates the issues of contemporary popular narrative, feminine pleasure, and consumer culture, viewing the permutations of the feminine subject as a textual construction evolved through everyday life. A wide spectrum of texts are examined, exposing the fact that women "read"...

   Published November 30th 1994 by Routledge
4. Film Theory Goes to the Movies

   Cultural Analysis of Contemporary Film

   Edited by Jim Collins, Ava Preacher Collins, Hilary Radner

   Series: AFI Film Readers

   Film Theory Goes to the Movies fills the gap in film theory literature which has failed to analyze high-grossing blockbusters. The contributors in this volume, however, discuss such popular films as The Silence of the Lambs, Dances With Wolves, Terminator II, Pretty Woman, Truth or Dare, Mystery...

   Published December 20th 1992 by Routledge