Hollywood Heroines: The Most Influential Women in Film History
byLaura L. S. Bauer is a PhD candidate in the English department of Claremont Graduate University and film studies editor for Women's Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal, a peer-reviewed scholarly journal published by Taylor & Francis.
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Laura L. S. Bauer, Editor. Hollywood Heroines: The Most Influential Women in Film History. Greenwood, 2018. ABC-CLIO, publisher.abc-clio.com/9781440836497.
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This is a topical resource that provides a comprehensive look at the most influential women in Hollywood cinema across a wide-range of occupations rarely found together in a single volume.
• Provides the reader with an invaluable, complete, and easy-to-understand view of film history and filmmaking while simultaneously highlighting the most important women, making the subject of Hollywood and film more transparent as a whole• Enables a fuller understanding of the many complicated challenges women have faced historically and currently in Hollywood filmmaking
• Offers a unique blend of film history and industry information, cohesively presenting them both in one place
• Reaches beyond the more commonly discussed categories of women who have had important roles throughout Hollywood film history, such as directors and actresses, although they too are included
• Examines women's visibility and representation in Hollywood in the context of the history of the film industry for students
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Hollywood Heroines: The Most Influential Women in Film History
Author(s): Laura L. S. Bauer, EditorContributors: Bauer, Laura;Abstract:This is a topical resource that provides a comprehensive look at the most influential women in Hollywood cinema across a wide-range of occupations rarely found together in a single volume.
• Provides the reader with an invaluable, complete, and easy-to-understand view of film history and filmmaking while simultaneously highlighting the most important women, making the subject of Hollywood and film more transparent as a whole• Enables a fuller understanding of the many complicated challenges women have faced historically and currently in Hollywood filmmaking
• Offers a unique blend of film history and industry information, cohesively presenting them both in one place
• Reaches beyond the more commonly discussed categories of women who have had important roles throughout Hollywood film history, such as directors and actresses, although they too are included
• Examines women's visibility and representation in Hollywood in the context of the history of the film industry for students
Editor(s): Bauer, Laura;SortTitle: hollywood heroines: the most influential women in film historyAuthor Info:Laura L. S. BauereditorLaura L. S. Bauer is a PhD candidate in the English department of Claremont Graduate University and film studies editor for Women's Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal, a peer-reviewed scholarly journal published by Taylor & Francis.
eISBN-13: 9781440836497Cover Image URL: ~~FreeAttachments/9781440836497.jpgPrint ISBN-13: 9781440836480Imprint: GreenwoodPages: 432Publication Date: 20181231- Cover Cover11
- Title Page iii4
- Copyright iv5
- Dedication v6
- Contents vii8
- Preface xv16
- Acknowledgments xvii18
- Introduction xix20
- Actresses 126
- Casting Directors 3560
- Cinematographers 5176
- Costume Designers 7398
- Directors 97122
- Introduction 97122
- Arzner, Dorothy 98123
- Bigelow, Kathryn 100125
- Campion, Jane 103128
- Coolidge, Martha 106131
- Deren, Maya 108133
- DuVernay, Ava 111136
- Guy-Blaché, Alice 114139
- Jenkins, Patty 116141
- Lupino, Ida 118143
- Marshall, Penny 121146
- Riefenstahl, Leni 123148
- Shipman, Nell 125150
- Weber, Lois 127152
- Wertmüller, Lina 129154
- Editors 133158
- Feature Animation 157182
- Makeup and Hairstyling Artists 179204
- Music 195220
- Producers 217242
- Production Design 241266
- Screenwriters 259284
- Sound 287312
- Introduction 287312
- Adair, Deb 288313
- Baker Landers, Karen 290315
- Behlmer, Anna 292317
- Hall, Cecelia 294319
- Hirschberg, Lora 296321
- Rose, Kay 298323
- Whittle, Gwendolyn Yates 299324
- Interview with Deb Adair 302327
- Interview with Gwendolyn Yates Whittle 303328
- Interview with Karen Baker Landers 305330
- Studio Heads and Executives 307332
- Stuntwomen 329354
- Visual and Special Effects 343368
- Appendix: More Influential Women in Hollywood 363388
- About the Editor and Contributors 367392
- Index 377402