A Woman's View: How Hollywood Spoke to Women, 1930-1960

Jeanine Basinger
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The "women's" films of the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s--including Now Voyager, Gilda, and Rebecca--receive a lively, incisive look that examines the stars, the story lines, and the contradictory messages of these popular movies.
Genres: FilmNonfictionHistoryFeminismMedia Tie InPop CultureWomens StudiesWomensReferenceAmerican History
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