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Subjects
Body, Human, in motion pictures, Minorities in motion pictures, Sex role in motion pictures, Human body in motion pictures, Human body, Sex role, Menselijk lichaam, Filmkunst, Femininity, Masculinity, Motion pictures, History, Corps humain au cinéma, Féminité, Masculinité, Cinéma, Histoire, Rôle selon le sexe au cinéma, Minorités au cinéma, Film, Männlichkeit, Weiblichkeit, KörperShowing 1 featured edition. View all 1 editions?
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Impossible bodies: femininity and masculinity at the movies
2002, Routledge
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0415185750 9780415185752
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Table of Contents
Machine generated contents note: Introduction: Impossible bodies, compromised positions 1
PART I
Gesturing toward genres 13
1 Visible difference and flex appeal: The body, sex, sexuality and race in the Pumping Iron films 15
2 When is a lesbian not a lesbian? The lesbian continuum and the mainstream femme film 31
3 Nouveaux westerns for the 1990s: Genre offshoots, audience reroutes 51
PART II
Siding with sidekicks 69
4 Cruisin' for a bruisin': Hollywood's deadly (lesbian) dolls 71
5 Swede as "Other" 91
6 Latinas in La-La Land: From bit part to starlet in "indie" and mainstream films 109
PART III
Staring at stars 123
7 Channeling desire, making Whoopi 125
8 The aging Clint 141
9 Marketing Dolly dialectics: "The Sky is Green, the Grass is Blue" 157.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-224) and index.
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