Women's Film and Female Experience, 1940-1950

by Andrea S. Walsh

Book Overview

Women's Film and Female Experience takes a fresh look at a wide range of popular women's films in order to discover what American female consciousness in the 1940s was really about. The author traces the evolution and development of the Hollywood women's film, and describes the social history of American women in the 1940s. She then analyzes dominant narrative patterns within popular women's films of the decade: the maternal drama, the career...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0275925994
• ISBN13: 9780275925994
• Release Date: September 1986
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 2.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.1"