This book examines a cycle of postfeminist films that adopt the
conventions of romance. In light of their tremendous gains in the
political and professional sphere, and their ever expanding
options, why do most contemporary American films aimed at women
still focus almost exclusively on their pursuit of a heterosexual
romantic relationship? American Postfeminist Cinema explores this
question and is the first book to examine the symbiotic
relationship between heterosexual romance and postfeminist culture.
The book argues that since 1980, postfeminism's most salient
tensions and anxieties have been reflected in the American romance
film. Case studies of a broad range of Hollywood and independent
films reveal how the postfeminist romance cycle is intertwined with
contemporary women's ambivalence and broader cultural anxieties
about women's changing social and political status. It offers a new
perspective on both popular American romance films and postfeminist
cultural criticism by examining the symbiotic relationship between
romance and postfeminism; analyses the recurring narrative and
discursive patterns of postfeminist cinema; includes 13 case
studies of popular postfeminist films and other media texts,
including television programmes and continues the tradition of
feminist analysis of romance as a significant media genre for
women.
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