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Biopics of Women

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Biopics of Women

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Biopics of Women

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Biopics of Women book

ByKaren Hollinger
Edition 1st Edition
First Published 2020
eBook Published 26 May 2020
Pub. Location London
Imprint Routledge
DOI https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003014645
Pages 158
eBook ISBN 9781003014645
Subjects Humanities
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Hollinger, K. (2020). Biopics of Women (1st ed.). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003014645

ABSTRACT

This book is an accessible overview of biographical fiction films of women and is structured around four of the most popular subjects of female biopics: queens and political figures; entertainers; writers; and subjects of current affairs.

While the biopic is commonly accepted as a deeply conservative cinematic form that represents glorification of the past and of the self-made individual, a number of biopics of women challenge all of these characterizations. They show the genre to be much more complicated and challenging to regressive ideas than has been proposed, and open to different formats and thematic possibilities. Providing an overview of key subgenres complemented by analyses of key texts that illustrate major aspects of each category, Biopics of Women examines the development of biographical films in each area and the images of successful women they project in order to investigate the issues involved in women’s representation in the genre as a whole.

This is a lively and readable text for students and scholars in Gender and Film, Gender and Media, and Women’s Studies.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

chapter |4 pages

Introduction

chapter 1|17 pages

Biopic history and the issue of gender

chapter 2|10 pages

Theoretical approaches to the biopic

chapter 3|24 pages

Queens I

The Elizabeth I films

chapter 4|20 pages

Queens II

Elizabeth is not the only queen

chapter 5|22 pages

Entertainers

chapter 6|16 pages

Ripped from the headlines

chapter 7|13 pages

Writer biopics

chapter 8|4 pages

Conclusion

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