Postfeminist Whiteness

Problematising Melancholic Burden in Contemporary Hollywood

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Author(s)
Marston, Kendra
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English
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Abstract
Kendra Marston interrogates representations of melancholic white femininity in contemporary Hollywood cinema, arguing that the ‘melancholic white woman’ serves as a vehicle through which to explore the excesses of late capitalism and a crisis of faith in the American dream.
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https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/30733
Keywords
Performing Arts; Film; Direction & Production; thema EDItEUR::A The Arts::AT Performing arts::ATF Films, cinema::ATFX Filmmaking and production: technical and background skills
ISBN
9781474430319
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
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http://www.euppublishing.com/
Publication date and place
2018
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Edinburgh University Press
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