Women, Pleasure, Film: What Lolas Want

by Simon Richter

The Lola film is a distinct subgenre of the woman's film in which woman's claim to pleasure is entertained without recourse to the figure of the femme fatale. Lola embodies a recognizable set of characteristics through which over time a select group of directors, actors, and audiences have responded in ways that do not succumb to the imperatives of gender. There are over thirty-five Lola films, starting with Marlene Dietrich in The Blue Angel:...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1137309725
• ISBN13: 9781137309723
• Release Date: August 2013
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 218 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.7" x 8.6"