The Violent Woman

Femininity, Narrative, and Violence in Contemporary American Cinema

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de Hilary Neroni

Type

Studies

Sujet

Sociology

Mots Clés

women, violence, american cinema

Année d'édition

2005

Editeur

State University of New York Press

Collection

SUNY series in Feminist Criticism and Theory

Langue

anglais

Taille du livre

Format

Paperback • 218 pages
6 x 9 inches (15.5 x 23 cm)

ISBN-10
ISBN-13

0-7914-6384-2
978-0-7914-6384-0

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Description de l'ouvrage:
Looks at how violent women characters disrupt cinematic narrative and challenge cultural ideals.

In The Violent Woman, Hilary Neroni brings psychoanalytically informed film theory to bear on issues of femininity, violence, and narrative in contemporary American cinema. Examining such films as Thelma and Louise, Fargo, Natural Born Killers, and The Long Kiss Goodnight, Neroni explores why American audiences are so fascinated—even excited—by cinematic representations of violent women, and what these representations reveal about violence in our society and our cinema. Neroni argues that violent women characters disrupt cinematic narrative and challenge cultural ideals, suggesting how difficult it is for Hollywood—the greatest of ideology machines—to integrate the violent woman into its typical narrative structure.

À propos de l'auteur :
Hilary Neroni is Associate Professor of English at the University of Vermont.

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