Marita Sturken

Thelma & Louise

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Thelma & Louise, directed by Ridley Scott and written by Callie Khouri, sparked a remarkable public discussion about feminism, violence, and the representation of women in cinema on its release in 1991. Subject to media vilification for its apparent justification of armed robbery and manslaughter, it was a huge hit with audiences composed largely but not exclusively of women who cheered the fugitive central characters played by Susan Sarandon and Geena Davis. In her study of the film, Marita Sturken examines Thelma & Louise's production and reception history, and goes on to analyze its rich account of gender politics, landscape, and… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-1-83871-928-9
EAN: 9781838719289
Produktnummer: 32970261
Verlag: Bloomsbury Academic
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2020
Seitenangabe: 104 S.
Masse: H19.0 cm x B13.5 cm
Auflage: 2. A.
Abbildungen: 60 colour illus

Über den Autor

Marita Sturken is Professor of Media, Culture and Communication at NYU Steinhardt, USA, and author of Tangled Memories: The Vietnam War, the AIDS Epidemic, and the Politics of Remembering (1997) and, with Lisa Cartwright, Practices of Looking: An Introduction to Visual Culture (Second Edition, 2009). Her most recent book is Tourists of History: Memory, Consumerism, and Kitsch in American Culture (2007).