The first full length academic study of Hepburn's star persona and films featuring reseach into the experience of British women who have admired her in the 1950s, 1960s and the 1990s. Examines the historical specificity of discourses of feminity circulating around Hepburn and her female fans, suggesting that the flexibility of Hepburn's image has contributed to her enduring appeal. Makes a significant contribution to the growing field of star studies. Argues that class and gender are siginifcant factors in the relatonship between stars and audiences.
The first full length academic study of Hepburn's star persona and films featuring reseach into the experience of British women who have admired her i...
What is the relationship between feminism and popular culture? Has there been a "backlash" against feminism, or is feminism incorporated into the mainstream? Can feminism learn from popular culture? This book explores these questions through a diverse range of texts and sites, including: Bridget Jones, African-American music videos, news coverage, radio shows, the Scream trilogy, Sex and the City, hip hop, and more. The book does not assume that popular culture could benefit from a feminist "makeover," instead, it analyzes how different meanings of feminism have been...
What is the relationship between feminism and popular culture? Has there been a "backlash" against feminism, or is feminism incorporated into the m...
What is the relationship between feminism and popular culture? Has there been a "backlash" against feminism, or is feminism incorporated into the mainstream? Can feminism learn from popular culture? This book explores these questions through a diverse range of texts and sites, including: Bridget Jones, African-American music videos, news coverage, radio shows, the Scream trilogy, Sex and the City, hip hop, and more. The book does not assume that popular culture could benefit from a feminist "makeover," instead, it analyzes how different meanings of feminism have been...
What is the relationship between feminism and popular culture? Has there been a "backlash" against feminism, or is feminism incorporated into the m...
Television for Women brings together emerging and established scholars to reconsider the question of television for women . In the context of the 2000s, when the potential meanings of both terms have expanded and changed so significantly, in what ways might the concept of programming, addressed explicitly to a group identified by gender, still matter?
The essays in this collection take the existing scholarship in this field in significant new directions. They expand its reach in terms of territory (looking beyond, for example, the paradigmatic Anglo-American axis) and also...
Television for Women brings together emerging and established scholars to reconsider the question of television for women . In the context of the 2...
This book explores the ongoing enchantment of much-loved stop-frame children's television programming of the 1960s and 1970s. Hand-Made Television analyses programmes in the social and historical contexts of their production, examining the power of their hand-made aesthetics and relationship to the world of children's play.
This book explores the ongoing enchantment of much-loved stop-frame children's television programming of the 1960s and 1970s. Hand-Made Television ana...
Television for Women brings together emerging and established scholars to reconsider the question of television for women . In the context of the 2000s, when the potential meanings of both terms have expanded and changed so significantly, in what ways might the concept of programming, addressed explicitly to a group identified by gender, still matter?
The essays in this collection take the existing scholarship in this field in significant new directions. They expand its reach in terms of territory (looking beyond, for example, the paradigmatic Anglo-American axis) and also...
Television for Women brings together emerging and established scholars to reconsider the question of television for women . In the context of the 2...
This book explores the history of Cornwall`s portrayal on screen, from the earliest days of the moving image to the recent BBC adaptation of Winston Graham's Poldark books. Innovative new research looking at amateur film and newsreels, avant-garde and documentary works alongside mainstream popular film and television. 30 b&w and 6 col. illus.
This book explores the history of Cornwall`s portrayal on screen, from the earliest days of the moving image to the recent BBC adaptation of Winston G...
This book explores the history of Cornwall`s portrayal on screen, from the earliest days of the moving image to the recent BBC adaptation of Winston Graham's Poldark books. Innovative new research looking at amateur film and newsreels, avant-garde and documentary works alongside mainstream popular film and television. 30 b&w and 6 col. illus.
This book explores the history of Cornwall`s portrayal on screen, from the earliest days of the moving image to the recent BBC adaptation of Winston G...
