Aubrey Malone

Hollywood's Second Sex

The Treatment of Women in the Film Industry, 1900-1999

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Produktbeschreibung

""Women stars in Hollywood were invariably in two categories,"" said director Otto Preminger. ""One group was of women who were exploited by men, and the other, much smaller group was of women who survived by acting like men."" Beginning with silent film vamp Theda Bara and continuing with icons like Greta Garbo, Marilyn Monroe and Raquel Welch, this study of film industry misogyny describes how female stars were maltreated by a sexist studio system--until women like Katharine Hepburn and Bette Davis fought for parity. The careers of Doris Day, Brigitte Bardot, Carole Landis, Frances Farmer, Dorothy Dandridge, Inger Stevens and many others are examined, along with more recent actresses like Demi Moore and Sharon Stone. Women who worked behind the scenes, writing screenplays, producing and directing without due credit, are also covered.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland and Company, Inc.
• Seitenzahl: 246
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. April 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 178mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 471g
• ISBN-13: 9780786479788
• ISBN-10: 0786479787
• Artikelnr.: 41855007

Autorenporträt

Author and critic Aubrey Malone has written many books on cinema. He lives in Dublin, Ireland.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents
Preface
Introduction
Birth Pangs of a New Medium
Entrances and Exits
Rigors of the Code
Outside the Trenches
Postwar Transitions
Scandals and Torments
The Eisenhower Years
The Lipstick Sex
Changing of the Guard
The Swinging Sixties
Life After Marilyn
The Sexual Revolution
Leaving the Doll's House
The Beginnings of Cynicism
Fatal Attractions
Outrageous Fortunes
The Stone Age
Epilogue
Chapter Notes
Bibliography
Index