From Reverence to Rape The Treatment of Women in the Movies

Name: From Reverence to Rape The Treatment of Women in the Movies
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ISBN: 9780226318851

ISBN-10: 0226318850

ISBN-13: 9780226318851

Edition: 2nd 1987

Authors: Molly Haskell

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For this edition of her classic study of the feminine role in film, Molly Haskell has written a new chapter addressing recent developments in the appearance and perception of women in the movies. "An incisive, exceedingly thoughtful look at the distorted lens through which Hollywood has historically viewed women. It is a valuable contribution not just of film criticism but to a society in which the vital role of women is just beginning to emerge."--Christian Science Monitor "Haskell is interested in women--how they are used in movies, how they use movies, and how the parts they play function as projections and verifications of our myths about women's lot and woman's psyche and even,…

Book details

List price: $28.00
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 1987
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 10/15/1987
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 444
Size: 5.25" wide x 7.75" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.880
Language: English

Molly Haskell is a film critic and has been an adjunct professor of film at Columbia University. She is the author of the acclaimed memoir Love and Other Infectious Diseases and three books of film criticism. She lives in New York City.



Preface to the Second Edition


Acknowledgments


Introduction


The Big Lie


The Twenties


The Thirties


The Woman's Film


The Forties


The Fifties


The Europeans


The Sixties


1974-1987: The Age of Ambivalence


Index