In the Company of Women : Contemporary Female Friendship Films.

By: Hollinger, KarenMaterial type: TextTextSeries: Woman's film precedentsPublisher: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 1998Copyright date: ©1998Description: 1 online resource (286 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780816689309Subject(s): Female friendship in motion pictures | Women in motion picturesGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: In the Company of Women : Contemporary Female Friendship FilmsDDC classification: 508.776/7 | 791.43652042 | 791.4375 LOC classification: PN1995.9.W6 -- H66 1998ebOnline resources: Click to View
Contents:
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.
Summary: 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.".
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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.".

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