Undressing Cinema Clothing and Identity in the Movies

Name: Undressing Cinema Clothing and Identity in the Movies
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ISBN: 9780415139571

ISBN-10: 0415139570

ISBN-13: 9780415139571

Edition: 1997

Authors: Stella Bruzzi

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Bruzzi shows how, far from being mere accessories, clothes are key elements in the construction of cinematic identities. She uses case studies to reassess established ideas about costume and fashion, and to challenge conventional interpretations.

Book details

List price: $48.95
Copyright year: 1997
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 12/12/1997
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 248
Size: 6.30" wide x 9.29" long x 0.59" tall
Weight: 0.880
Language: English



Acknowledgements


Introduction



Dressing up



Cinema and Haute Couture: Sabrina to Pretty Woman, Trop Belle Pour Toi!, Pret-a-Porter



Desire and the Costume Film: Picnic at Hanging Rock, The Age of Innocence, The Piano



Gender



The Instabilities of the Franco-American Gangster: Scarface to Pulp Fiction, Casino, Leon



The Screen's Fashioning of Blackness: Shaft, New Jack City, Boyz N the Hood, Waiting to Exhale



Clothes, Power and the Modern Femme Fatale: The Last Seduction, Disclosure, Single White Female



Beyond gender



The Comedy of Cross-Dressing: Glen or Glenda, Mrs Doubtfire, The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert



The Erotic Strategies of Androgyny: The Ballad of Little Jo, The Crying Game, Orlando


Notes


Filmography


Bibliography


Index