Gender & Cinema Books

New and Published Books

1. Genre, Gender and the Effects of Neoliberalism

   The New Millennium Hollywood Rom Com

   By Betty Kaklamanidou

   Series: Popular Culture and World Politics

   The romantic comedy has long been regarded as an inferior film genre by critics and scholars alike, accused of maintaining a strict narrative formula which is considered superficial and highly predictable. However, the genre has resisted the negative scholarly and critical comments and for the last...

   Published January 3rd 2013 by Routledge
2. Women and Turkish Cinema

   Gender Politics, Cultural Identity and Representation

   By Eylem Atakav

   Series: Routledge Studies in Middle East Film and Media

   Since 2000, there has been a considerable effort in Turkish cinema to come to terms with the military’s intervention in politics and subsequent national trauma. It has resulted in an outpouring of cinematic texts. This book focuses on women and Turkish cinema in the context of gender politics,...

   Published November 7th 2012 by Routledge
3. Feminist Film Studies

   By Karen Hollinger

   Feminist Film Studies is a readable, yet comprehensive textbook for introductory classes in feminist film theory and criticism. Karen Hollinger provides an accessible overview of women’s representation and involvement in film, complemented by analyses of key texts that illustrate major topics in...

   Published July 12th 2012 by Routledge
4. Narratives of Gendered Dissent in South Asian Cinemas

   By Alka Kurian

   Series: Routledge Advances in Film Studies

   This book conducts a post-colonial, gendered investigation of women-centred South Asian films. In these films, the narrative becomes an act of political engagement and a site of feminist struggle: a map that weaves together multiple strands of subjectivity—gender, caste, race, class, religion, and...

   Published July 4th 2012 by Routledge
5. Westerns

   The Essential 'Journal of Popular Film and Television' Collection

   Edited by Gary Edgerton, Michael Marsden

   For nearly two centuries, Americans have embraced the Western like no other artistic genre. Creators and consumers alike have utilized this story form in literature, painting, film, radio and television to explore questions of national identity and purpose. Westerns: The Essential Collection...

   Published March 5th 2012 by Routledge
6. Women's Narrative and Film in 20th Century Spain

   Edited by Kathleen Glenn

   Women's Narrative and Film in 20th Century Spain examines the development of the feminine cultural tradition in spain and how this tradition reshaped and defined a Spanish national identity. Each chapter focuses on representation of autobiography, alienation and exile, marginality, race, eroticism...

   Published December 8th 2011 by Routledge
7. In The Space Of A Song

   The Uses of Song in Film

   By Richard Dyer

   Songs take up space and time in films. Richard Dyer's In the Space of a Song takes off from this perception, arguing that the way songs take up space indicates a great deal about the songs themselves, the nature of the feelings they present, and who is allowed to present feelings how, when and...

   Published October 13th 2011 by Routledge
8. Feminism at the Movies

   Understanding Gender in Contemporary Popular Cinema

   Edited by Hilary Radner, Rebecca Stringer

   Feminism at the Movies: Understanding Gender in Contemporary Popular Cinema examines the way that contemporary film reflects today’s changing gender roles. The book offers a comprehensive overview of the central issues in feminist film criticism with analyses of over twenty popular contemporary...

   Published September 19th 2011 by Routledge
9. Lesbianism, Cinema, Space

   The Sexual Life of Apartments

   By Lee Wallace

   Series: Routledge Advances in Film Studies

   In this cutting edge volume, Wallace identifies a unique trend in post-Production Code films that deal with lesbian content: stories of lesbianism invariably engage with an apartment setting, a spatial motif not typically associated with lesbian history or cultural representation. Through the...

   Published August 14th 2011 by Routledge
10. Feminism, Domesticity and Popular Culture

    Edited by Stacy Gillis, Joanne Hollows

    Series: Routledge Advances in Sociology

    The relationship between feminism and domesticity has recently come in for renewed interest in popular culture. This collection makes an intervention into the debates surrounding feminism’s contentious relationship with domesticity and domestic femininities in popular culture. It offers an...

    Published July 28th 2011 by Routledge