Feminism and the Western in Film and Television

Inbunden, Engelska, 2018

AvMark E. Wildermuth

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By focusing on representations of women professionals in Westerns, it shows that women in cinematic and televisual Westerns sometimes do acquire agency and empowerment in the private and public realms, despite our culture’s tendency to gender the former as feminine and the latter as solely masculine.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2018-04-26
Mått148 x 210 x undefined mm
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor167
FörlagSpringer International Publishing AG
ISBN9783319770000

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Film inom Kultur
Genusvetenskap inom Samhälle och politik
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Kulturvetenskap inom Samhälle och politik

1. Introduction: Is the Western an Inherently Anti-feminist Genre?.- 2. Women Professionals in 1930’s Film Westerns in the Context of the Progressive Age and the New Deal Gender Politics.- 3. Women and Westerns in the Films of the 1940s.- 4. Women and Western Films in the Cold War.- 5. After the Cold War: From the 1990’s Interregnum to 9/11.- 6. Women and Television Westerns, 1954–2001.- 7. Conclusion: Some Reflections on Women, Violence and Westerns.