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Informationen zum Autor Filmmaker, film lover and activist Viridiana Lieberman lives in Brooklyn, New York. She holds a master's degree in women's studies from Florida Atlantic University. Klappentext It's hard to find females in leading roles as athletes, coaches and owners in sports film story lines. With an abundance of male-focused stories, Hollywood continues to reinforce the association of athleticism with masculinity. Portrayals of women in prominent roles indicate social attitudes and values and--when looked at over time--also show what influence the women's movement has had on cinematic representation and social understandings. This discussion of sports film heroines begins with National Velvet (1944) and ends with Secretariat (2010). It addresses the question of whether these story lines do or do not empower women as characters and role models, while offering alternative cinematic choices that reflect the true and ever-growing history of women in sports. Zusammenfassung This discussion of sports film heroines begins with National Velvet (1944) and ends with Secretariat (2010). By examining such portrayals this volume analyses whether these story lines do or do not empower women as characters and role models! while offering alternative cinematic choices that reflect the true and ever-growing history of women in sports. Inhaltsverzeichnis Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsPrefaceIntroduction1.¿Dismount: The Façade of Female Empowerment2.¿Hitting Foul: Missed Opportunities in A League of Their Own and Whip It3.¿M.V.P.: The Most Vulnerable Player in Children's Sports Films4.¿Love-Love: Struggling to Make a Point in Her Own Sport5.¿Illegal Substitution: Replacing One (Wo)Man with Another6.¿Measured and Recorded: Cinematic Female Coaches7.¿Principal Interest: Cinematic Female OwnersConclusionChapter NotesBibliographyIndex
