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#'''Group 3:''' What three types of women does Haskell find in the woman's film? Who would be a recent example of each type? | #'''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:''')? | #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:''')? | ||
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== Bibliography == | == 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. | #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. | ||
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| + | #In spring 2010, this discussion was combined with [[Domestic Melodrama Since World War II (Discussion)]], into [[Domestic Melodrama as Genre (2010 Discussion)]]. | ||
[[Category:TCF440/540 Discussion]] | [[Category:TCF440/540 Discussion]] | ||
Revision as of 16:09, 13 January 2014
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.
Footnotes
- In spring 2010, this discussion was combined with Domestic Melodrama Since World War II (Discussion), into Domestic Melodrama as Genre (2010 Discussion).
