Ageing Femininity on Screen : The Older Woman in Contemporary Cinema

Name: Ageing Femininity on Screen
Brand: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
SKU: 9781350143968
Price: 16450 KES
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ISBN: 9781350143968

by Niall Richardson

Book Details

Format Hardback

Book Series Library of Gender and Popular Culture

ISBN-10 1350143960

ISBN-13 9781350143968

Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Imprint Bloomsbury Academic

Country of Manufacture GB

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date Jul 11th, 2019

Print length 256 Pages

Weight 424 grams

Dimensions 14.40 x 22.30 x 2.60 cms

Product Classification: Film theory & criticism Film history, theory or criticism Media studies Gender studies: women and girls LGBTQIA+ Studies / topics Media studies Gender studies: women Gay & Lesbian studies

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What can queer theory, media studies and feminism bring to our understanding of cinema''s Lavender Ladies? Addressing the groundswell of scholarly interest in age and its representation, Ageing Femininity on Film explores character tropes for old women in recent film. Alongside a proliferation of negative stereotypes, like the grotesque hag or the dotty old fool, this book illuminates gentility as a key alternative. Across classics of British and American cinema since the 1980s, including Driving Miss Daisy and The Queen, ageing females are empowered by genteel manners. They are amateur sleuths, retired political figures, and everyday women who refuse to be ignored. Studying examples beyond the “politics of pity,” this important book unpacks the multi-faceted relationship between gentility and feminine strength.

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