gender, journalism, and the movies
- Categories
- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Good, Howard
- Publish Year
- 1998
- Shelfmark
- VS 54 1998 - B
- Thesaurus
- media, films, journalisten, Verenigde Staten
- Description
- Howard Good uses Torchy Blane, the hero of nine Warner Brothers films from the 1930s, as the centerpiece of this study of Hollywood's infatuation with the female reporter. Good argues that, despite illusions of equality between male and female reporters on film, many portrayals of female reporters in fact reinforce traditional gender roles. Good draws on a variety of materials to deploy his argument. Not only does he include many important films from the 1930s through the 1990s, but he also presents theater posters, books, legal documents, comic strips, fan magazines, and film reviews.