Home is where the heart is : studies in melodrama and the woman's film

摘要: Since the early 70s, film theory has focused on melodrama as a particularly challenging genre. Feminism, in particular, claimed stake re-examination of form, raising many critical questions about relation between gender and culture. This collection contains most exciting contributions from nearly two decades endeavor to come terms with these questions. Christine Gledhill's overview precedes essays that range classics by Thomas Elsaesser, Laura Mulvey, Geoffrey Nowell-Smith newly commissioned perspectives covering Hollywood's output 20s 60s. "Home is Where Heart Is" constitutes invaluable reading for anyone interested role history cinema, feminist criticism, analyses popular