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Talkies, Road Movies and Chick Flicks - Gender, Genre and Film Sound in American Cinema (Paperback)
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Talkies, Road Movies and Chick Flicks - Gender, Genre and Film Sound in American Cinema (Paperback)
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The representation of gender in film remains an intensely debated
topic, particularly in academic considerations of US mainstream
cinema where it is often perceived as perpetuating rigid, binary
views of gender, and reinforcing patriarchal, dominant notions of
masculinity and femininity. While previous scholarly discussion has
focused on visual or narrative portrayals of gender, this book
considers the ways that film sound - music, voice, sound effects
and silence - is used to represent gender. Taking a
socio-historical approach, Heidi Wilkins investigates a range of
popular US genres including screwball comedy, the road movie and
chick flicks to explore the ways that film sound can reinforce
traditional assumptions about masculinity and femininity, impart
ambivalent meanings to them, or even challenge and subvert the
notion of gender itself. Case studies include His Girl Friday, Easy
Rider and Bridesmaids.
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