Difference between revisions of "Domestic Melodrama as Genre (Discussion)"
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===Molly Haskell=== | ===Molly Haskell=== | ||
− | #'''Group | + | #'''Group 3:''' What three types of women does Haskell find in the woman's film? Who would be a recent example of each type? |
− | #What are the woman's film's four main themes? Do you see them operating in the two melodramas we've viewed: ''Ordinary People'' ('''Group | + | #What are the woman's film's four main themes? Do you see them operating in the two melodramas we've viewed: ''Ordinary People'' ('''Group 4:''') and ''Imitation of Life'' (1934--'''Group 1:''')? |
− | #'''Group | + | #*How about in a recent American film? |
− | #''' | + | #'''Group 2:''' How is ''hostility'' toward children expressed in the woman's film? Have you seen it in a recent American film? |
+ | #'''All Groups:''' What impact does the issue of race have on the woman's film? Compare/contrast the white and black mothers (Bea and Delilah, respectively) in ''Imitation of Life''. | ||
+ | #'''All Groups:''' What theme does Haskell see that entwines the domestic and the romantic? | ||
== Bibliography == | == Bibliography == |
Revision as of 15:32, 1 April 2009
Readings
Molly Haskell
- Group 3: What three types of women does Haskell find in the woman's film? Who would be a recent example of each type?
- What are the woman's film's four main themes? Do you see them operating in the two melodramas we've viewed: Ordinary People (Group 4:) and Imitation of Life (1934--Group 1:)?
- How about in a recent American film?
- Group 2: How is hostility toward children expressed in the woman's film? Have you seen it in a recent American film?
- All Groups: What impact does the issue of race have on the woman's film? Compare/contrast the white and black mothers (Bea and Delilah, respectively) in Imitation of Life.
- All Groups: What theme does Haskell see that entwines the domestic and the romantic?
Bibliography
- Molly Haskell, "The Woman's Film," in From Reverence to Rape: The Treatment of Women in the Movies (New York: Penguin, 1974; revised edition 1987) 153-188.