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Feminist Hollywood: From Born in Flames to Point Break (Contemporary Film and Television Series) Paperback – January 1, 2000
- Print length280 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherWayne State University Press
- Publication dateJanuary 1, 2000
- Dimensions6 x 0.5 x 9 inches
- ISBN-100814329225
- ISBN-13978-0814329221
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I highly recommend Christina Lane's fascinating study of six women directors who have made the transition from 'counter cinema' to mainstream Hollywood while retaining their personal and feminist concerns. -- Molly Haskell, film critic, author From Reverence to Rape: The Treatment of Women in the Movies
About the Author
Dr. Lane is the author of Feminist Hollywood: From Born in Flames to Point Break (Wayne State UP, 2000) and Magnolia (Wiley-Blackwell, 2011). She has published essays in numerous scholarly journals as well as Culture, Trauma, and Conflict: Cultural Studies Perspectives on the War (Cambridge Scholars, 2007), Feminism at the Movies: Understanding Gender in Contemporary Popular Cinema, (Routledge, 2011), Hitchcock and Adaptation: From Script to Screen (Rowman & Littlefield, 2014), and Indie Reframed: Women and Contemporary American Cinema (Edinburgh University Press, 2017).
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- Publisher : Wayne State University Press (January 1, 2000)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 280 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0814329225
- ISBN-13 : 978-0814329221
- Item Weight : 12.6 ounces
- Dimensions : 6 x 0.5 x 9 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #4,684,541 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #289,184 in Humor & Entertainment (Books)
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Christina Lane is is the author of Phantom Lady: Hollywood Producer Joan Harrison, the Forgotten Woman Behind Hitchcock (Chicago Review Press).
She has written several books, including Feminist Hollywood: From Born in Flames to Point Break and Magnolia, as well as articles on classical Hollywood stars, film history, and contemporary women directors.
An associate professor of film studies and chair of the cinematic arts department at the University of Miami, she makes frequent speaking appearances and has provided commentary to such media outlets as NPR, the AirMail, and the Daily Mail.
She is a member of the Women Film Critics Circle.
Phantom Lady: Hollywood Producer Joan Harrison, the Forgotten Woman Behind Hitchcock is the first biography of one of the most influential women of Hollywood’s golden era, the woman who, working behind the scenes, shaped the screen style of Alfred Hitchcock, the master of suspense. More can be found at authorchristinalane.com.
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