Thelma & Louise by Sturken, Marita

Thelma & Louise

Thelma & Louise, directed by Ridley Scott and written by Callie Khouri, sparked a remarkable public discussion...
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Author: Marita Sturken
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Thelma & Louise by Sturken, Marita

Thelma & Louise

$40.65

Thelma & Louise

$40.65
Author: Marita Sturken
Format: Paperback
Language: English

Thelma & Louise, directed by Ridley Scott and written by Callie Khouri, sparked a remarkable public discussion about feminism, violence, and the representation of women in cinema on its release in 1991. Subject to media vilification for its apparent justification of armed robbery and manslaughter, it was a huge hit with audiences composed largely but not exclusively of women who cheered the fugitive central characters played by Susan Sarandon and Geena Davis.
Marita Sturken examines Thelma & Louise as one of those rare films that encapsulates the politics of its time. She discusses the film's reworking of the outlaw genre, its reversal of gender roles, and its engagement with the complex relationship of women, guns adn the law. The insights of director Scott, screenwriter Khouri as well as Davis and Sarandon are deployed in an analysis of Thelma & Louise and the controversies it sparked. This is a compelling study of a landmark in 1990s American cinema.
In her foreword to this new edition, Sturken looks back on the film's reception at the time of its release, and considers its continuing resonances and topicality in the age of #MeToo.



Author: Marita Sturken
Publisher: British Film Institute
Published: 05/28/2020
Pages: 104
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 7.40h x 5.30w x 0.20d
ISBN: 9781838719289

About the Author
Marita Sturken is Professor of Media, Culture and Communication at NYU Steinhardt, USA, and author of Tangled Memories: The Vietnam War, the AIDS Epidemic, and the Politics of Remembering (1997) and, with Lisa Cartwright, Practices of Looking: An Introduction to Visual Culture (Second Edition, 2009). Her most recent book is Tourists of History: Memory, Consumerism, and Kitsch in American Culture (2007).


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