Sports heroines on film : a critical study of cinematic women athletes, coaches and owners /
"Sports films are a popular genre. In some ways they are akin to highlight reels, depicting the emotional climax of wins and losses, aggression and dominance. They also epitomize the kind of propaganda of male dominant culture, packaged for entertainment purposes. This discussion of sports film...
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | inglés |
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Jefferson, North Carolina :
McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers,
[2015]
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Table of Contents:
- Dismount: the façade of female empowerment
- Hitting foul: missed opportunities in A league of their own and Whip it
- M.V.P.: the most vulnerable player in children's sports films
- Love-love: struggling to make a point
- Illegal substitution: replacing one (wo)man with another
- Measured and recorded: cinematic female coaches
- Principal interest: cinematic female owners
- Conclusion.