Star Gazing - Hollywood Cinema and Female Spectatorship

List of contents

List of illustrations, Acknowledgements, 1 HOW DO I LOOK?, 2 FROM THE MALE GAZE TO THE FEMALE SPECTATOR, 3 THE LOST AUDIENCE: RESEARCHING CINEMA HISTORY AND THE HISTORY OF THE RESEARCH, 4 HOLLYWOOD CINEMA - THE GREAT ESCAPE, 5 FEMININE FASCINATIONS: A QUESTION OF IDENTIFICATION?, 6 WITH STARS IN THEIR EYES: FEMALE SPECTATORS AND THE PARADOXES OF CONSUMPTION, 7 RELOCATING FEMALE SPECTATORSHIP, Appendix 1 Letter published in Woman's Realm and Woman's Weekly, Appendix 2 Questionnaire, Appendix 3 Readers' profiles by age and class: Woman's Realm and Woman's Weekly, Notes, Bibliography, Index

About the author

Jackie Stacey

Summary

Combining film theory with a rich body of ethnographic research, Stacey applies theories of spectatorship to female spectators. Stacey's research analyses what memories female movie goers have of stars Bette Davis and Lauren Bacall.

Product details

• Authors: Jackie Stacey, Stacey Jackie
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 22.12.2015
• EAN: 9781138137189
• ISBN: 978-1-138-13718-9
• No. of pages: 296
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > General, dictionaries; Cultural Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / History & Criticism, Gender studies: women, Gender studies: women and girls, Film Theory & Criticism, Film history, theory or criticism