{"product_id":"gender-and-genre-in-1990s-hollywood-challenging-definitions-of-sex-women-and-femininity-9781350292833","title":"Gender and Genre in 1990s Hollywood: Challenging Definitions of Sex, Women, and Femininity","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe 1990s was a decade of significant turmoil in Hollywood cinema, which resulted in a watershed moment in the interplay of gender and genre.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e Patricia Di Risio argues that cinematic representations of unconventional women had an important effect on traditionally male oriented genres, such as the crime thriller, road movie, western, film noir, war film, sci-fi, and horror.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Di Risio analyses seven key films from the decade, including \u003ci\u003eBlue Steel\u003c\/i\u003e (1990), \u003ci\u003eThelma \u0026amp; Louise\u003c\/i\u003e (1991), \u003ci\u003eThe Quick and the Dead\u003c\/i\u003e (1995), \u003ci\u003eBound \u003c\/i\u003e(1996), \u003ci\u003eJackie Brown\u003c\/i\u003e (1997), \u003ci\u003eG.I. Jane\u003c\/i\u003e (1997) and \u003ci\u003eAlien: Resurrection\u003c\/i\u003e (1997), paying particular attention to their use of irony, allusion, and pastiche. She highlights how their female protagonists, a majority of whom are decidedly queer or gender questioning personas, produce an intense crossover in genre conventions, largely driven by their gender rebellion. She examines how a deconstruction of gender simultaneously allows genre hybridity and intertextuality, taking these films into unexpected new directions. In doing so, she delineates a clear line between the unconventional nature of the representation of the female protagonists and innovative changes to genre filmmaking practices.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePatricia Di Risio\u003c\/b\u003e is Lecturer in Media Communications and Screen Studies at at Monash College, Monash University Pathways, Australia. Her writing has featured in \u003ci\u003eTransmedia and Public Representation edited by Perez Riedel \u003c\/i\u003e(2021), \u003ci\u003eCritical Perspectives on Gender and Sport\u003c\/i\u003e edited by Curtis Fogel (2018), and \u003ci\u003eSilent Women; Pioneers of Cinema\u003c\/i\u003e edited by Melody Bridges \u0026amp; Cheryl Robson (2016).\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51183181857042,"sku":"9781350292833","price":120.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_09c189c2-026c-4051-a381-de1e6552729c.jpg?v=1744456581","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/gender-and-genre-in-1990s-hollywood-challenging-definitions-of-sex-women-and-femininity-9781350292833","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}