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Postmodern Chick Flicks

The Return of the Woman's Film

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  • © 2007

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Authors:
  1. Roberta Garrett

    1. University of East London, UK

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. Introduction

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    Pages 1-14

  3. Postmodernism, New Hollywood and Women’s Films

    • Roberta Garrett
    Pages 15-53

  4. The Early 1990s ‘Postmodernist’ Melodrama: Female Virtue in the Consumer Age

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    Pages 54-91

  5. Romantic Comedy and Female Spectatorship

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    Pages 92-125

  6. Costume Drama, Historiography and Women’s History

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    Pages 126-154

  7. Neo-Noir and Noir-Lite: Masculinity and Postmodernist Aesthetics in New Retro-Noir

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    Pages 155-188

  8. Conclusion Fiftiesness Revisited: Desperate Housewives on the Big Screen

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    Pages 189-208

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 209-232
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About this book

In this extensive analysis of the renewed popularity of the 'woman's film' in the 1990s, Roberta Garrett examines melodrama, romantic comedy, costume drama and female-led noirs , revealing the way they blend classical and contemporary themes and formal devices.

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  • University of East London, UK

    Roberta Garrett

About the author

ROBERTA GARRETT is a Senior Lecturer in Literature and Cultural Studies at the University of East London, UK. She has published in the areas of film and cultural theory.

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