Bell, book and camera: a critical history of witches in American film and television
"This book traces the figure of the witch through American cinematic history with an analysis of the entertainment industry's shifting boundaries concerning expressions of femininity. Focusing on films and television series from The Wizard of Oz to The Craft, the author looks at how the wi...
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| Tipo di documento: | Stampa Libro |
| Lingua: | Inglese |
| Servizio "Subito": | Ordinare ora. |
| Verificare la disponibilità: | HBZ Gateway |
| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
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Jefferson, North Carolina
McFarland & Company, Inc. , Publishers
2018
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| In: | Anno: 2018 |
| (sequenze di) soggetti normati: | B
USA
/ Film <motivo>
/ Trasmissione televisiva
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| Altre parole chiave: | B
Witches in motion pictures
B Witches on television |
| Riepilogo: | "This book traces the figure of the witch through American cinematic history with an analysis of the entertainment industry's shifting boundaries concerning expressions of femininity. Focusing on films and television series from The Wizard of Oz to The Craft, the author looks at how the witch reflects alterations of gender roles, religion, modern practice of witchcraft, female agency"-- A woman unleashed : an introduction -- In the beginning (1896/1919) -- Wild women, vamps and green skin (1919/1939) -- War and weird women (1939/1950) -- Toward a new Hollywood (1951/1967) -- Horror and the fantastic (1968/1982) -- The Satanic panic (1983/1999) -- A new witch order (2000/2016) -- A woman unleashed : revisited |
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| Descrizione del documento: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-226) and index |
| ISBN: | 1476662525 |