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Can I read Domestic Violence in Hollywood Film : Gaslighting on EtoBox?
Domestic Violence in Hollywood Film : Gaslighting by Diane L. Shoos (auth.) is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Domestic Violence in Hollywood Film : Gaslighting about?
This is the first book to critically examine Hollywood films that focus on male partner violence against women. These films include __Gaslight__, __Sleeping with the Enemy__, __What’s Love Got to Do with It__, __Dolores Claiborne__, __Enough__, and __Safe Haven__. Shaped by the contexts of postfeminism, domestic abuse post-awareness, and familiar genre conventions, these films engage in ideological “gaslighting” that reaffirms our preconceived ideas about men as abusers, women as victims, and the racial and class politics of domestic violence. While the films purport to condemn abuse and empower abused women, this study proposes that they tacitly reinforce the very attitudes that we believe we no longer tolerate. Shoos argues that films like these limit not only popular understanding but also social and institutional interventions.
Who reads Domestic Violence in Hollywood Film : Gaslighting?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Diane L. Shoos (auth.)
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan
- Published
- 2017
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9783319650630
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Science, Performing Arts, Sports
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