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Attack of the leading ladies
Attack of the leading ladies: gender, sexuality, and spectatorship in classic horror cinema
Rhona J. Berenstein
Publisher: New York : Columbia University Press, c1996.
ISBN: 0231084625   DDC: 791.43616   LCC: PN1995.9   Edition: (cloth : alk. paper)

Notes:

Filmography: p. [237]-246.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [247]-258) and index.

1. Introduction: Horror of Classic Horrors -- 2.
Spectatorship-as-Drag: Re-Dressing Classic Horror Cinema -- 3. Horror
for Sale: The Marketing and Reception of Classic Horror Cinema -- 4.
Looks Could Kill: The Powers of the Gaze in Hypnosis Films -- 5. The
Interpretation of Screams: Female Fear, Homosocial Desire, and
Mad-Doctor Movies -- 6. White Skin, White Masks: Race, Gender, and
Monstrosity in Jungle-Horror Cinema -- Afterword: The Horror of It
All.

Classification:

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Dewey Class: 791.43616 -- Public performances
LCC Number: PN1995.9

Book Details:

Language: eng
Physical Description: xvi, 274 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Edition Info: (cloth : alk. paper)

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