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Feminist Film Theory and Pretty Woman

Feminist Film Theory and Pretty Woman

Ruti, Mari

Paperback

Series: Film Theory in Practice

PhilosophyFilm StudiesWomen's Studies

ISBN10: 1501319469
ISBN13: 9781501319464
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published: Oct 20 2016
Pages: 216
Weight: 0.55
Height: 0.70 Width: 4.90 Depth: 7.70
Language: English
In Feminist Film Theory and Pretty Woman, Mari Ruti traces the development of feminist film theory from its foundational concepts such as the male gaze, female spectatorship, and the masquerade of femininity to 21st-century analyses of neoliberal capitalism, consumerism, postfeminism, and the revival of girly femininity as a cultural ideal. By interpreting Pretty Woman as a movie that defies easy categorization as either feminist or antifeminist, the book counters the all-too-common critical dismissal of romantic comedies as mindless drivel preoccupied with trivial feminine concerns such as love and shopping. The book's lucid presentation of the key concerns of feminist film theory, along with its balanced reading of Pretty Woman, shed light on a Hollywood genre often overlooked by film critics: the romantic comedy.

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