Beschreibung:
Both a work of feminist film criticism and an analysis of popular culture, this provocative book examines from a cultural studies perspective top film melodramas such as From Here to Eternity, A Streetcar Named Desire and East of Eden.
Introduction Saying What Can't Be Said, Reading What Must Be Read: Feminist Criticism, Melodrama, and Film Studies, Chapter One Cultural Studies: An Alternative for Feminist Film Studies, Chapter Two Re-reading Sociological Criticism: Roles, Stereotypes, and Popular Film Melodramas of the Early 1950s, Chapter Three Re-reading Narrative Structure and Gender: The "Social Problem" Film in the 1950s, Chapter Four Re-reading Psychoanalysis for Feminist Film Studies: The "Family Romance" and "the Gaze" in Female-Oriented Film Melodramas of the 1950s, Chapter Five Race, Class, and Gender: Film Melodramas of the Late 1950s, Epilogue