Cracks in the pedestal
ideology and gender in Hollywood
by Philip Green
Distinguishing his own neo-Marxist approach from that of other media scholars, Philip Green pursues two interrelated themes. In the first part of the book, he looks at the strategies Hollywood has employed to deflect or absorb the ideological challenges posed by the feminist critique of contemporary American society.
He demonstrates the ways in which mainstream movies and television programs, no matter how unconventional or "subversive" they may appear, produce and reproduce familiar images of sexuality and gender identity. In the second part, Green highlights instances in which reproduction of the dominant ideology is less successful by examining several recent cinematic genres - the female action movie, the rape-revenge cycle, and the new film noir - that portray the real ambiguities of a social order in upheaval.
As a male consumer of the cultural commodities being discussed, the author offers a perspective on American films and television different from that of most other feminist critics.
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Women in motion pictures, Women on television, Feminism and motion pictures, Feminist film criticism, Women in television, Feminist criticism, Femmes au cinéma, Femmes à la télévision, Féminisme et cinéma, Critique cinématographique féministe, PERFORMING ARTS, Film & Video, Reference, Filmindustrie, Televisie, Vrouwen, Feminisme, Film, Kritik, Ideologier, Massmedia, USA, Feminism, Genus, Radio & TV, Kvinnobilden, Kvinnor och film, Feminism och filmShowing 1 featured edition. View all 1 editions?
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Cracks in the pedestal: ideology and gender in Hollywood
1998, University of Massachusetts Press
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