In this volume, Charlotte Brunsdon analyzes a wide range of contemporary film and television programmes, from British soap operas and crime series such as Crossroads and Widows to Hollywood movies such as Working Girl and Pretty Woman.
In this volume, Charlotte Brunsdon analyzes a wide range of contemporary film and television programmes, from British soap operas and crime series suc...
The first edition of this book immediately became a defining text for feminist television criticism, with an influence extending across television, media and screen studies - and the second edition will be similarly agenda-setting. Completely revised and updated throughout, it takes into account the changes in the television industry, the academic field of television studies and the culture and politics of feminist movements.
With fifteen of the eighteen extracts being new to the second edition, the readings offer a detailed analysis of a wide range of case studies, topics and approaches,...
The first edition of this book immediately became a defining text for feminist television criticism, with an influence extending across television, me...
This first full study of post-war London in cinema explores the cinematic 'Londons' that appear in films made since 1945. Brunsdon traces how film-makers show that a film is set in London, how films have charted London's shift from imperial capital to global city and challenges the view that London is not a cinematic city.
This first full study of post-war London in cinema explores the cinematic 'Londons' that appear in films made since 1945. Brunsdon traces how film-mak...
