Hollinger, Karen.
In the Company of Women : Contemporary Female Friendship Films. - 1 online resource (286 pages) - Woman's film precedents . - Woman's film precedents .
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Theoretical and Generic Contexts of Contemporary Female Friendship Films -- 1 Women's Film Precedents -- 2 The Sentimental Female Friendship Film -- 3 The Female Friendship Film and Women's Development -- 4 The Political Female Friendship Film -- 5 The Erotic Female Friendship Film: Lesbianism in the Mainstream -- 6 The Female Friendship Film and Women of Color -- 7 Backlash: The Anti-Female Friendship Film -- Conclusion: The Future of the Female Friendship Film -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z.
From Desperately Seeking Susan, Steel Magnolias, and Thelma & Louise to Desert Hearts, Girl Friends, and Passion Fish, mainstream cinema has seen a wave of films focusing on friendships between women. In the Company of Women is the first critical work to investigate the recent resurgence of this variety of the "woman's film.".
9780816689309
Female friendship in motion pictures.
Women in motion pictures.
Electronic books.
PN1995.9.W6 -- H66 1998eb
508.776/7 791.43652042 791.4375
In the Company of Women : Contemporary Female Friendship Films. - 1 online resource (286 pages) - Woman's film precedents . - Woman's film precedents .
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Theoretical and Generic Contexts of Contemporary Female Friendship Films -- 1 Women's Film Precedents -- 2 The Sentimental Female Friendship Film -- 3 The Female Friendship Film and Women's Development -- 4 The Political Female Friendship Film -- 5 The Erotic Female Friendship Film: Lesbianism in the Mainstream -- 6 The Female Friendship Film and Women of Color -- 7 Backlash: The Anti-Female Friendship Film -- Conclusion: The Future of the Female Friendship Film -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z.
From Desperately Seeking Susan, Steel Magnolias, and Thelma & Louise to Desert Hearts, Girl Friends, and Passion Fish, mainstream cinema has seen a wave of films focusing on friendships between women. In the Company of Women is the first critical work to investigate the recent resurgence of this variety of the "woman's film.".
9780816689309
Female friendship in motion pictures.
Women in motion pictures.
Electronic books.
PN1995.9.W6 -- H66 1998eb
508.776/7 791.43652042 791.4375