Gender and Genre in 1990s Hollywood: Challenging Definitions of Sex, Women, and Femininity by Risio, Patricia Di

Gender and Genre in 1990s Hollywood: Challenging Definitions of Sex, Women, and Femininity

The 1990s was a decade of significant turmoil in Hollywood cinema, which resulted in a watershed moment...
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Author: Patricia Di Risio
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Gender and Genre in 1990s Hollywood: Challenging Definitions of Sex, Women, and Femininity by Risio, Patricia Di

Gender and Genre in 1990s Hollywood: Challenging Definitions of Sex, Women, and Femininity

¥16,465

Gender and Genre in 1990s Hollywood: Challenging Definitions of Sex, Women, and Femininity

¥16,465
Author: Patricia Di Risio
Format: Hardcover
Language: English

The 1990s was a decade of significant turmoil in Hollywood cinema, which resulted in a watershed moment in the interplay of gender and genre. Patricia Di Risio argues that cinematic representations of unconventional women had an important effect on traditionally male oriented genres, such as the crime thriller, road movie, western, film noir, war film, sci-fi, and horror.

Di Risio analyses seven key films from the decade, including Blue Steel (1990), Thelma & Louise (1991), The Quick and the Dead (1995), Bound (1996), Jackie Brown (1997), G.I. Jane (1997) and Alien: Resurrection (1997), paying particular attention to their use of irony, allusion, and pastiche. She highlights how their female protagonists, a majority of whom are decidedly queer or gender questioning personas, produce an intense crossover in genre conventions, largely driven by their gender rebellion. She examines how a deconstruction of gender simultaneously allows genre hybridity and intertextuality, taking these films into unexpected new directions. In doing so, she delineates a clear line between the unconventional nature of the representation of the female protagonists and innovative changes to genre filmmaking practices.

Author: Patricia Di Risio
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Published: 12/26/2024
Pages: 272
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.06lbs
Size: 8.69h x 5.67w x 0.78d
ISBN: 9781350292833

About the Author
Patricia Di Risio is Lecturer in Media Communications and Screen Studies at at Monash College, Monash University Pathways, Australia. Her writing has featured in Transmedia and Public Representation edited by Perez Riedel (2021), Critical Perspectives on Gender and Sport edited by Curtis Fogel (2018), and Silent Women; Pioneers of Cinema edited by Melody Bridges & Cheryl Robson (2016).

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