Postfeminist whiteness problematising melancholic burden in contemporary Hollywood
In the first extended study into the politics of whiteness inherent within postfeminist cinema, Kendra Marston interrogates representations of melancholic white femininity in contemporary Hollywood cinema, arguing that the 'melancholic white woman' serves as a vehicle through which to expl...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Edinburgh :
Edinburgh University Press
2019.
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| Colección: | Edinburgh scholarship online.
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009655198906719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Figures
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- 1 The World Is Her Oyster: Negotiating Contemporary White Womanhood in Hollywood’s Tourist Spaces
- 2 ‘Hoist the Colours!’ Framing Feminism through Charismatic White Leadership in the Fantasy Blockbuster
- 3 Neoliberalism, Female Agency and Conspicuous Consumption as Tragic Flaw in Woody Allen’s Blue Jasmine
- 4 Paranoid Attachments to Suburban Dreams: Pathological Femininity in Gone Girl and The Girl on the Train
- 5 Aristocratic Whiteness, Body Trauma and the Market Logic of Melancholia in Black Swan
- 6 Sofia Coppola’s Melancholic Aesthetic: Vanishing Femininity in an Object-oriented World
- Conclusion: Melancholic White Femininity, Cultural Resonance and the Shifting Politics of Representation
- Bibliography
- Filmography
- Index
