Old Wives' Tales and Other Women's Stories

by Tania Modleski

Book Overview

Alerting readers to a body of recent work that has gone under-examined, Tania Modleski redraws in Old Wives' Tales the perimeter of popular culture. A critical analysis of films such as The Ballad of Little Jo, The Piano and Dogfight, Old Wives' Tales also takes up performance, autobiographical experience, and contemporary social issues to illustrate how women's genres mediate between us and reality. Modelski examines the changes...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814755941
• ISBN13: 9780814755945
• Release Date: November 1998
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.77 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"