The theme of female transformation informs the Hollywood representation of  femininity from the studio era to the present. Whether it occurs physically,  emotionally, or on some other level, transformation allows female protagonists  to negotiate their own complex desires and to resist the compulsory marriage  plot. A sweeping study of Hollywood from Now, Voyager, The Heiress, and Flamingo  Road to Carrie, the Alien films, The Brave One, and the slasher horror genre,  this book boldly unsettles commonplace understandings of genre film, female  sexuality, and Freudian theory as it makes a strong new case for the queer  relevance of female representation.

Representations of Femininity in American Genre Cinema: The Woman's Film, Film Noir, and Modern Horror

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Representations of Femininity in American Genre Cinema: The Woman's Film, Film Noir, and Modern Horror