A Woman's View

A Woman's View
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Publisher : Knopf
Total Pages : 806
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ISBN-10 : 9780307831545
ISBN-13 : 030783154X
Rating : 4/5 (45 Downloads)

Book Synopsis A Woman's View by : Jeanine Basinger

Download or read book A Woman's View written by Jeanine Basinger and published by Knopf. This book was released on 2013-09-04 with total page 806 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now, Voyager, Stella Dallas, Leaver Her to Heaven, Imitation of Life, Mildred Pierce, Gilda…these are only a few of the hundreds of “women’s films” that poured out of Hollywood during the thirties, forties, and fifties. The films were widely disparate in subject, sentiment, and technique, they nonetheless shared one dual purpose: to provide the audience (of women, primarily) with temporary liberation into a screen dream—of romance, sexuality, luxury, suffering, or even wickedness—and then send it home reminded of, reassured by, and resigned to the fact that no matter what else she might do, a woman’s most important job was…to be a woman. Now, with boundless knowledge and infectious enthusiasm, Jeanine Basinger illuminates the various surprising and subversive ways in which women’s films delivered their message. Basinger examines dozens of films, exploring the seemingly intractable contradictions at the convoluted heart of the woman’s genre—among them, the dilemma of the strong and glamorous woman who cedes her power when she feels it threatening her personal happiness, and the self-abnegating woman whose selflessness is not always as “noble” as it appears. Basinger looks at the stars who played these women and helps us understand the qualities—the right off-screen personae, the right on-screen attitudes, the right faces—that made them personify the woman’s film and equipped them to make believable drama or comedy out of the crackpot plots, the conflicting ideas, and the exaggerations of real behavior that characterize these movies. In each of the films the author discusses—whether melodrama, screwball comedy, musical, film noir, western, or biopic—a woman occupies the center of her particular universe. Her story—in its endless variations of rags to riches, boy meets girl, battle of the sexes, mother love, doomed romance—inevitably sends a highly potent mixed message: Yes, you women belong in your “proper place” (that is, content with the Big Three of the women’s film world—men, marriage, and motherhood), but meanwhile, and paradoxically, see what fun, glamour, and power you can enjoy along the way. A Woman’s View deepens our understanding of the times and circumstances and attitudes out of which these movies were created.

A Woman's View

A Woman's View
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Publisher : Brigham Young University Press
Total Pages : 584
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ISBN-10 : WISC:89066432113
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Book Synopsis A Woman's View by : Helen Mar Whitney

Download or read book A Woman's View written by Helen Mar Whitney and published by Brigham Young University Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 584 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Collection of reminiscences on Latter-day Saint life written by Helen Mar Whitney for the Woman's Exponent between 1880 and 1887. Contains accounts of major events in the history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and provides a panoramic picture of nineteenth-century Mormon life. Accounts include excerpts from other people's discourses, letters, diaries, etc.

A New View of a Woman's Body

A New View of a Woman's Body
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Publisher : Feminist Press
Total Pages : 188
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ISBN-10 : UOM:39015020592567
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Rating : 4/5 (67 Downloads)

Book Synopsis A New View of a Woman's Body by : Federation of Feminist Women's Health Centers (U.S.)

Download or read book A New View of a Woman's Body written by Federation of Feminist Women's Health Centers (U.S.) and published by Feminist Press. This book was released on 1991 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Woman's View From a Porthole

Woman's View From a Porthole
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 234
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ISBN-10 : 0578338807
ISBN-13 : 9780578338804
Rating : 4/5 (07 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Woman's View From a Porthole by : Sindi Giancoli

Download or read book Woman's View From a Porthole written by Sindi Giancoli and published by . This book was released on 2021-12-30 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Woman's View from a Porthole is the true story of a woman's rise to Chief Steward on worldwide commercial fishing vessels, a feat seldom achieved by anyone, much less a woman. Author Sindi Giancoli spent thirty-five years as a Chief Steward for American Seafoods Company and other commercial fishing companies in Alaska and the Bering Sea. She survived high seas, gale-force winds, seasickness, illnesses, death of crewmates, stress, homesickness, bunking together, broken toilets, power outages, hauling fish, food fights, discrimination, sexism, and getting along with others despite wildly diverse backgrounds - all this while being tossed around on the high seas cooking. Through multiple trials, joys, sorrows, and struggles, she went from being a scared, timid young woman to becoming a woman of achievement, confidence, and strength in an industry that was, and to a certain extent still is, primarily male-dominated. She had to build a strong backbone to win the respect of her male counterparts while leading them. She succeeded in doing this and became part of what would be termed years later as "a very special generation of women" who claimed ownership of their work at sea. This story is a unique look into a world most people will never see. Women's View from a Porthole is a true account of the author's adventures and a riveting story of survival. Packed with full-color photographs of the author's time at sea, with a foreword from Sigurd Jonny "Sig" Hansen, captain of the fishing vessel Northwestern, that has been featured in the documentary television series "Deadliest Catch," this book is a page-turner.

"Mo"

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Publisher : Simon & Schuster
Total Pages : 308
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ISBN-10 : STANFORD:36105019149850
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Book Synopsis "Mo" by : Maureen Dean

Download or read book "Mo" written by Maureen Dean and published by Simon & Schuster. This book was released on 1975 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John Dean's wife offers her observations on and reactions to the Watergate affair, her husband's part in it, and Nixon's downfall, together with an account of her life and loves.

Qur'an and Woman

Qur'an and Woman
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Publisher : Oxford University Press
Total Pages : 145
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ISBN-10 : 9780198029434
ISBN-13 : 0198029438
Rating : 4/5 (34 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Qur'an and Woman by : Amina Wadud

Download or read book Qur'an and Woman written by Amina Wadud and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1999-06-10 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fourteen centuries of Islamic thought have produced a legacy of interpretive readings of the Qu'ran written almost entirely by men. Now, with Qu'ran and Woman, Amina Wadud provides a first interpretive reading by a woman, a reading which validates the female voice in the Qu'ran and brings it out of the shadows. Muslim progressives have long argued that it is not the religion but patriarchal interpretation and implementation of the Qu'ran that have kept women oppressed. For many, the way to reform is the reexamination and reinterpretation of religious texts. Qu'ran and Woman contributes a gender inclusive reading to one of the most fundamental disciplines in Islamic thought, Qu'ranic exegesis. Wadud breaks down specific texts and key words which have been used to limit women's public and private role, even to justify violence toward Muslim women, revealing that their original meaning and context defy such interpretations. What her analysis clarifies is the lack of gender bias, precedence, or prejudice in the essential language of the Qur'an. Despite much Qu'ranic evidence about the significance of women, gender reform in Muslim society has been stubbornly resisted. Wadud's reading of the Qu'ran confirms women's equality and constitutes legitimate grounds for contesting the unequal treatment that women have experienced historically and continue to experience legally in Muslim communities. The Qu'ran does not prescribe one timeless and unchanging social structure for men and women, Wadud argues lucidly, affirming that the Qu'ran holds greater possibilities for guiding human society to a more fulfilling and productive mutual collaboration between men and women than as yet attained by Muslims or non-Muslims.

I Am Woman

I Am Woman
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Publisher : Global Professional Publishi
Total Pages : 168
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ISBN-10 : 0889740593
ISBN-13 : 9780889740594
Rating : 4/5 (93 Downloads)

Book Synopsis I Am Woman by : Lee Maracle

Download or read book I Am Woman written by Lee Maracle and published by Global Professional Publishi. This book was released on 1996 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the foremost Native writers in North America, Lee Maracle links her First Nations heritage with feminism in this visionary book. "Maracle has created a book of true wisdom, intense pride, sisterhood and love." -Milestones Review