Hollywood Divas, Indie Queens, and TV Heroines: Contemporary Screen Images of Women

Hollywood Divas, Indie Queens, and TV Heroines: Contemporary Screen Images of Women
ISBN-10
0742537099
ISBN-13
9780742537095
Category
Performing Arts
Pages
185
Language
English
Published
2005
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Authors
Susanne Kord, Elisabeth Krimmer

Description

Hollywood Divas, Indie Queens, and TV Heroines offers an entertaining and critical look at the representation of women in recent movies. Written in a refreshingly accessible style, the book analyzes over thirty box-office hits. The authors explore the screen personae of top stars such as Julia Roberts, Sandra Bullock, Meg Ryan, and Renée Zellweger, as well as independent movie queens like Parker Posey and TV heroines like Sarah Michelle Gellar of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. A must-read book for all film buffs who are tired of the mixed gender messages of mainstream culture.

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