Abstract: CHICK FLICKS: CONTEMPORARY WOMEN AT THE MOVIES Table of Contents Acknowledgments vi Suzanne Ferriss and Mallory Young, Introduction: Flicks 1 and Chick Culture Maureen Turim, Women's Films: Comedy, Drama, Romance 41 Suzanne Ferriss, Fashioning Femininity in the Makeover 67 Carol M. Dole, Return of Pink: Legally Blonde, Third-Wave 91 Feminism, and Having It All Lisa M. Rull, A Soundtrack for Our Lives: Chick Flick Music 120 Deborah Barker, Southern-Fried Chick Flick: Postfeminism 142 Goes to the Movies Margaret Tally, Something's Gotta Give: Hollywood, Female Sexuality 182 and the 'Older Bird' Chick Lisa Henderson, Simple Pleasures: Lesbian Community and Go Fish 201 Myra Mendible, Chica Flicks: Postfeminism, Class, and the Latina 244 American Dream Mallory Young, Chic Flicks: The New European Romance 271 Holly Hassel, 'The Babe Scientist' Phenomenon: The Illusion of Inclusion 292 in 1990s American Action Films Kate Waites, Babes in Boots: Hollywood's Oxymoronic Warrior Woman 312 Karen Hollinger, Afterword: Once I Got Beyond the Name Chick 337 Selected Filmography 355 Selected Bibliography 367 Contributors' Notes 378
Publication Year: 2008
Publication Date: 2008-03-03
Language: en
Type: book
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