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Feminist Film Theory and Pretty Woman (Film Theory in Practice) by Mari Ruti, Todd McGowan is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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In Feminist Film Theory and Pretty Woman , Mari Ruti traces the development of feminist film theory from its foundational concepts such as the male gaze, female spectatorship, and the masquerade of femininity to 21st-century analyses of neoliberal capitalism, consumerism, postfeminism, and the revival of girly femininity as a cultural ideal. By interpreting Pretty Woman as a movie that defies easy categorization as either feminist or antifeminist, the book counters the all-too-common critical dismissal of romantic comedies as mindless drivel preoccupied with trivial feminine concerns such as love and shopping. The book's lucid presentation of the key concerns of feminist film theory, along with its balanced reading of Pretty Woman , shed light on a Hollywood genre often overlooked by film critics: the romantic comedy.

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Author

Mari Ruti, Todd McGowan

Publisher

Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing, Inc

Published

2016

Language

EN

ISBN

9781501319440

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Science, Philosophy, Performing Arts