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Old Wives' Tales and Other Women's Stories

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Alerting readers to a body of recent work that has gone under-examined, Tania Modleski redraws in Old Wives' Tales the perimeter of popular culture. A critical analysis of films such as The Ballad of Little Jo, The Piano and Dogfight, Old Wives' Tales also takes up performance, autobiographical experience, and contemporary social issues to illustrate how women's genres mediate between us and reality. Modelski examines the changes occurring in traditional women's genres, such as romances and melodrama, and explores the phenomenon of female authors and performers who "cross-dress"--women, that is, who are moving into male genres and staking out territory declared off-limits by men and by many feminists.

Author Biography:

Tania Modleski is Florence R. Scott Professor of English at the University of Southern California. She is the author of Loving with a Vengeance, The Women Who Knew Too Much, and Feminism Without Women.
Release date NZ
November 1st, 1998
Audiences
  • General (US: Trade)
  • Professional & Vocational
Pages
264
Dimensions
152x229x17
ISBN-13
9780814755945
Product ID
5772365

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