Critical thinking about sex, love, and romance in the mass media : media literacy applications / edited by Mary-Lou Galician, Debra L. Merskin.

Table of Contents: “…Jennifer Lopez and a hollywood Latina romance film: mythic motifs in Maid in Manhattan /…”

Neo-feminist cinema : girly films, chick flicks and consumer culture / Hilary Radner. by Radner, Hilary

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : reassessing feminism and popular culture -- Neo-feminism and the rise of the single girl -- Pretty woman (1990) and the girly film : defining the format -- Romy and Michele's high school reunion (1997) : female friendship in the girly film -- Legally blonde (2001) : "a pink girl in a brown world" -- Jennifer Lopez : neo-feminism and the crossover star -- Maid in manhattan (2003) : a new fairy tale -- Hit movies for "femmes" -- The devil wears Prada (2006) : the fashion film -- Sex and the city : the movie (2008) : the female event film -- Something's gotta give (2003) : Nancy Meyers, neo-feminist auteur -- Conclusion : post-feminism and neo-feminism.…”

The Hispanic image in Hollywood : a postcolonial approach / Jorge J. Barrueto. by Barrueto, Jorge J.

Table of Contents: “…Phenotypes, violence and fetishism -- Pathology, immigration and social paranoia -- The spectacle of Hispanic gangsters -- Hotel maid in Manhattan. Exoticism, temptation and fear of miscegenation -- The Tarzan syndrome and the triple bind -- Melodrama, patriarchy and the savage mind -- Latin American geography in the movies. …”

Neo-feminist cinema : girly films, chick flicks and consumer culture / Hilary Radner. by Radner, Hilary

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : reassessing feminism and popular culture -- Neo-feminism and the rise of the single girl -- Pretty woman (1990) and the girly film : defining the format -- Romy and Michele's high school reunion (1997) : female friendship in the girly film -- Legally blonde (2001) : "a pink girl in a brown world" -- Jennifer Lopez : neo-feminism and the crossover star -- Maid in manhattan (2003) : a new fairy tale -- Hit movies for "femmes" -- The devil wears Prada (2006) : the fashion film -- Sex and the city : the movie (2008) : the female event film -- Something's gotta give (2003) : Nancy Meyers, neo-feminist auteur -- Conclusion : post-feminism and neo-feminism.…”
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The white countess / Merchant Ivory Productions ; in association with Global Cinema Group and Rising Star ; Sony Pictures Classics and Shanghai Film Group Corporation present a VIP Medienfonds 3 production ; screenplay by Kazuo Ishiguro ; producer, Ismail Merchant ; directed by James Ivory.

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