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Beschreibung
It's hard to find females in leading roles as athletes, coaches and owners in sports film story lines. With an abundance of male-focused stories, Hollywood continues to reinforce the association of athleticism with masculinity. Portrayals of women in prominent roles indicate social attitudes and values and--when looked at over time--also show what influence the women's movement has had on cinematic representation and social understandings.
This discussion of sports film heroines begins with National Velvet (1944) and ends with Secretariat (2010). It addresses the question of whether these story lines do or do not empower women as characters and role models, while offering alternative cinematic choices that reflect the true and ever-growing history of women in sports.
It's hard to find females in leading roles as athletes, coaches and owners in sports film story lines. With an abundance of male-focused stories, Hollywood continues to reinforce the association of athleticism with masculinity. Portrayals of women in prominent roles indicate social attitudes and values and--when looked at over time--also show what influence the women's movement has had on cinematic representation and social understandings.
This discussion of sports film heroines begins with National Velvet (1944) and ends with Secretariat (2010). It addresses the question of whether these story lines do or do not empower women as characters and role models, while offering alternative cinematic choices that reflect the true and ever-growing history of women in sports.
Über den Autor
Filmmaker, film lover and activist Viridiana Lieberman lives in Brooklyn, New York. She holds a master's degree in women's studies from Florida Atlantic University.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Preface

Introduction

1.¿Dismount: The Façade of Female Empowerment

2.¿Hitting Foul: Missed Opportunities in A League of Their Own and Whip It

3.¿M.V.P.: The Most Vulnerable Player in Children's Sports Films

4.¿Love-Love: Struggling to Make a Point in Her Own Sport

5.¿Illegal Substitution: Replacing One (Wo)Man with Another

6.¿Measured and Recorded: Cinematic Female Coaches

7.¿Principal Interest: Cinematic Female Owners

Conclusion

Chapter Notes

Bibliography

Index
Details
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Erscheinungsjahr: 2014
Genre: Importe, Kunst
Rubrik: Kunst & Musik
Thema: Theater & Film
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9780786476619
ISBN-10: 0786476613
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Lieberman, Viridiana
Hersteller: McFarland
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 229 x 152 x 11 mm
Von/Mit: Viridiana Lieberman
Erscheinungsdatum: 01.11.2014
Gewicht: 0,298 kg
Artikel-ID: 105303739