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*'A *fascinating polemic' Sunday Times'A powerful , sobering and vital work' The Mail on Sunday'A page-turning read, peppered with humour' Sight & Sound'A must read ' Edgar Wright A call to arms from Empire magazine's 'geek queen', Helen O'Hara, that explores women's roles - both in front of and behind the camera - since the birth of Hollywood, how those roles are reflected within wider society and what we can do to level the playing field.* * Hollywood was born just over a century ago, at a time of huge forward motion for women's rights. With no rules in place to stop them, there were women who forged ahead in many areas of filmmaking. Yet, despite the work of early pioneers like Dorothy Arzner, Mabel Normand, Mary Pickford and Alice Guy-Blaché, it soon came to embody the same old sexist standards. Women found themselves fighting a system that fed on their talent, creativity and beauty but refused to pay them the same respect as their male contemporaries - until now . . . The tide has finally begun to turn. A new generation of women, both in front of and behind the camera, are making waves in the industry and are now shaping some of the biggest films to hit our screens. In Women v

Author

Helen O'Hara

Publisher

Constable and Robinson

Published

2021

Language

EN

ISBN

9781472144430

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Humanities

Updated

2026-03-25