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Postmodern Chick Flicks R. Garrett

Postmodern Chick Flicks By R. Garrett

Postmodern Chick Flicks by R. Garrett

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In this extensive analysis of the renewed popularity of the 'woman's film' in the 1990s, Roberta Garrett examines melodrama, romantic comedy, costume drama and female-led noirs , revealing the way they blend classical and contemporary themes and formal devices.

Postmodern Chick Flicks Summary

Postmodern Chick Flicks: The Return of the Woman's Film by R. Garrett

In this extensive analysis of the renewed popularity of the 'woman's film' in the 1990s, Roberta Garrett examines melodrama, romantic comedy, costume drama and female-led noirs , revealing the way they blend classical and contemporary themes and formal devices.

About R. Garrett

ROBERTA GARRETT is a Senior Lecturer in Literature and Cultural Studies at the University of East London, UK. She has published in the areas of film and cultural theory.

Table of Contents

List of Film Stills Acknowledgements Introduction Postmodernism, New Hollywood and Women's Films The Early 1990s 'Postmodernist' Melodrama: Female Virtue in the Consumer Age Romantic Comedy and Female Spectatorship Costume Drama, Historiography and Women's History Neo- Noir and Noir-Lite : Masculinity and Postmodernist Aesthetics in New Retro- Noir Conclusion Bibliography Index

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NLS9781349546787
9781349546787
134954678X
Postmodern Chick Flicks: The Return of the Woman's Film by R. Garrett
R. Garrett
New
Paperback
Palgrave Macmillan
2007-04-12
232
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