Holding my own in no man's land : women and men, film and feminists / Molly Haskell.

Author/creator Haskell, Molly
Format Book
Publication InfoNew York : Oxford University Press, 1997.
Descriptionviii, 207 pages ; 25 cm
Subjects

Contents [1]. Dames: Icon of the fifties / Doris Day -- No angel to her daughter / Marlene Dietrich -- Hiding in the spotlight / Meryl Streep -- The goddess as ordinary woman / Liv Ullmann -- Belle dame sans merci / Jeanne Moreau -- Goodness has nothing to do with it / Mae West -- The other side of the legend / Gloria Swanson -- Swept away on a wave of sexism / Lina Wertmuller -- Making hash of the blues / Carol Burnett -- Lucy et al. / Lucille Ball -- Still here / Shirley Maclaine -- Two protofeminist heroines / Howard Hawks -- [2]. Guys: Lights...camera...Daddy! -- Rape: the 2,000-year-old misunderstanding -- Unmourned losses, unsettled claims / Truman Capote -- What makes John Wayne larger than life? -- [3]. Literary heroines: Against the grain of womanhood / The Bostonians -- Female in the purest state / Colette -- A woman for all seasons / Emma -- [3]. The nineties: Where do we go from here?: Lipstick envy -- Nude with attitude -- Bearded ladies: women in comedy.
LCCN 96018850
ISBN0195053095 (alk. paper)

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks PN1995.9.W6 H32 1997 ✔ Available Place Hold